Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Please help me with these sentences
Hi. Please help me with these sentences.
1. I sometimes am not sure whether I could make the possessive out of the phrase like "the next lesson's payment." Do you have some tips or guidelines (if there are any like these) for me? I think the phrase "the payment for the next lesson" is used more. (I am not sure, though.)
I think he would like his next lesson's payment be made by ...
2. In a short letter or a memo, how could we write our address? Let us pretend the part marked with the letters "XXXX" is the address to be written. I think writing a whole address after the word/preposition "at" might not be a good idea in terms of style. What do you think? Could you suggest a better way to write?
If you have further questions, please call me at the number given last time or write to us at XXXX.
3. Would you say the part underlined is a noun clause. Simple as it might be, when I think of a noun clause, I imagine it to be something like (in the form of) "that you have a new job." Help.
We rejoice that as you learn more about the subject, you will grow more as a person.
1. I sometimes am not sure whether I could make the possessive out of the phrase like "the next lesson's payment." Do you have some tips or guidelines (if there are any like these) for me? I think the phrase "the payment for the next lesson" is used more. (I am not sure, though.)
I think he would like his next lesson's payment be made by ...
2. In a short letter or a memo, how could we write our address? Let us pretend the part marked with the letters "XXXX" is the address to be written. I think writing a whole address after the word/preposition "at" might not be a good idea in terms of style. What do you think? Could you suggest a better way to write?
If you have further questions, please call me at the number given last time or write to us at XXXX.
3. Would you say the part underlined is a noun clause. Simple as it might be, when I think of a noun clause, I imagine it to be something like (in the form of) "that you have a new job." Help.
We rejoice that as you learn more about the subject, you will grow more as a person.
Top answer
1-- We normally use 's possessive only for human and near-human possessors. Use 'the payment for next lesson' or 'the next lesson payment' (where 'lesson' is just an adjective). 2-- In a short letter or memo (which are informal) the only guideline is clarity.
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1-- We normally use 's possessive only for human and near-human possessors. Use 'the payment for next lesson' or 'the next lesson payment' (where 'lesson' is just an adjective).
2-- In a short letter or memo (which are informal) the only guideline is clarity. You can put it at the end of the sentence if you like, but most people find it wise to format it and set it apart:
2-- In a short letter or memo (which are informal) the only guideline is clarity. You can put it at the end of the sentence if you like, but most people find it wise to format it and set it apart:
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