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Vincent Teo  +  426856 Thu, 04 Oct 07 05:07 AM

Can I say,

(A)   In this time, the book store’s manager brought us to his office.

(B)   The sale was around the corner. So all the market even the book store had a big sale.

(C)   She wanted to buy books because her exam are / were coming soon.

(D)   There was a girl who had fainted. Susan asked people to move her up to the manager office.  She realized the girl was her classmate – / , Lee.

(E)    While I reached there, I saw many book stalls / book booths selling books.

(F)    She heard a commotion from the crowd. She was calm because she knew how to use first aid to help people.

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Neeraj Jain  +  426888 Thu, 04 Oct 07 07:27 AM

Hi Vincent,

Here is my take.

(A)   In this time, the book store’s manager brought us to his office.

(A) At this time, the book store's manager brought us to his office.

(B)   The sale was around the corner. So all the market even the book store had a big sale.

(B) The sale was round the corner. So all the market including the book store had a big sale.

(C)   She wanted to buy books because her exam are / were coming soon.

(C) She wanted to buy books because her exams were coming soon.

(D)   There was a girl who had fainted. Susan asked people to move her up to the manager office.  She realized the girl was her classmate – / , Lee.

(D) There was a girl who had fainted. Susan asked people to move her up to the manager office.  She realized that the girl was her classmate.

(E)    While I reached there, I saw many book stalls / book booths selling books.

(E)    While I reached there, I saw many book stalls selling books.

(F)    She heard a commotion from the crowd. She was calm because she knew how to use first aid to help people.

(F)    She heard a commotion from the crowd. She remained calm because she knew how to use first-aid to help people.
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Feebs11  +  427148 Thu, 04 Oct 07 09:20 PM
 Vincent Teo wrote:

Can I say,

(A)   In this time, the book store’s manager brought us to his office.  At this time, the bookstore's manager took us to his office

(B)   The sale was around the corner. So all the market even the book store had a big sale. Even the bookstore in the market had a big sale.

(C)   She wanted to buy books because her exams are / were coming soon.

(D)   There was a girl who had fainted. Susan asked people to move [carry]  her up to the manager's office.  She realized the girl was her classmate  Lee.

(E)    While I reached there the market, I saw many book stalls / book booths selling books.

(F)    She heard a commotion from  in the crowd. She was calm because she knew how to use first aid to help people.

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