Please, take a look at my senteces and help me.

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Anonymous  #450682  Fri, 07 Dec 07 01:11 PM

- None of these clothes have been looking good on you.  (is it correct to write have instead of has for:"None of these clothes" ?And is the verb tense used here correct?).

- My mouth was wide open when I saw that accident yesterday.(is there any mistake here, please?).

-  One of my curiosities is to see how (or as ?) the French way of life is.(is there any mistake here, please?).

-  As they arrived there, it began to rain. (any mistake here, please ?). By the way do we say began to rain or began raining?

- The whole of the time is the same as all the time? E.g.: She has been repeating the same story the whole of the time .    

- My grandfather had particularly  been looking for a retirement home, but my dad decided that he would live with us.(here is the position of the word particularly correct in this sentence, please ?)

- Should we say he is qualified for the job or he is qualified to the job? And in the end or at the end they decided to travel ?     

Thanks in advance,

Anon.

  
Feebs11  #450742  Fri, 07 Dec 07 06:33 PM
 Anonymous wrote:

- None of these clothes have been looking good on you.  (is it correct to write have instead of has for:"None of these clothes" ?And is the verb tense used here correct?).  have is correct. 

- My mouth was wide open when I saw that accident yesterday.(is there any mistake here, please?).No

-  One of my curiosities is to see how (or as ?) the French way of life is.(is there any mistake here, please?).

-  As they arrived there, it began to rain. (any mistake here, please ?).No By the way do we say began to rain or began raining? You can use either depending on your context.

- The whole of the time is the same as all the time? E.g.: She has been repeating the same story the whole of the timeYes.  

- My grandfather had particularly  been looking for a retirement home, but my dad decided that he would live with us.(here is the position of the word particularly correct in this sentence, please ?The position is fine.

- Should we say he is qualified for the job or he is qualified to the job? But you can also say "He is qualified to do the job". And in the end or at the end they decided to travel ?     

Thanks in advance,

Anon.

  
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Anonymous  #450750  Fri, 07 Dec 07 06:49 PM

Feebs 11,

Thank you very much for all your help.

Best wishes,

Anon. 

  
Yankee  #450755  Fri, 07 Dec 07 07:22 PM

"The whole of the time" doesn't sound terribly idiomatic to me.  Is it used in BrE? 
I'd say "the whole time" to refer to all of a specific period of time, and I'd most likely use "all the time" to mean extremely frequently or constantly.
  
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