Anonymous  +  886547 Fri, 04 Sep 09 02:49 PM What is the correct form of the following sentences?   (a) I was very upset when the other car hardly missed me. (b) He bought a Swedish designer blue big sofa. (c) I like to invite you to my birthday party. Anonymous Vocabulary, Sentences, Colours, Languages

	ferdis  +  886568 Fri, 04 Sep 09 03:05 PM (a) I was very upset when the other car hardly missed me.   So the car hit you? I believe an idiomatic expression here is a 'near-miss', but I'd prefer something like, "... when the other car almost hit me." (a near-miss is a hit in my book...)   (b) He bought a Swedish designer blue big sofa.   "He bought a big, blue Swedish-designer sofa."   (c) I like to invite you to my birthday party.   "I'd like to invite you ..." is more polite I think. ferdis Joined on Tue, Aug 4 2009 The Netherlands Full Member 388 Vocabulary, Colours, Languages, Expressions

	Clive  +  886602 Fri, 04 Sep 09 03:33 PM Hi, What is the correct form of the following sentences?   (a) I was very upset when the other car hardly missed me. 'Hardly' suggests it hit me slightly. I'd say 'barely'.   (b) He bought a Swedish designer blue big sofa. Too many adjectives in front of the noun. The standard sequence of adjectives is big blue, not blue big. I suggest 'He bought a big blue sofa by a Swedish designer'.   (c) I like to invite you to my birthday party.          >>> That's why I invite you every year.        I would like to invite you to my birthday party. >>> It's next Monday. Please come.   Best wishes, Clive     Clive Joined on Thu, Oct 28 2004 Canada Veteran Member 29,583 El tango argentino es un pensamiento triste que se puede bailar (The tango argentino is a sad thought which can be danced) Enrique Santos Discépolo Vocabulary, Nouns, Adjectives, Sentences, Colours, Languages