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alc24  +  852936 Sat, 08 Aug 09 05:36 PM

could someone take a quick look please


The house doesn't look like in the pictures/doesn't look like the one in the pictures    BOTH
This food isn't good enough to get me to go brush my teeth a second time/isn't worth brushing my teeth for a second time      BOTH
If he had hit a homerun it would have meant that the other team would have lost      OK 
The water will be as cold if you leave it in the fridge for 2 hours than if you leave it for 4 hours.  OK
I wanted the house to look the way it did when i left  OK
You can't drive so close behind a car as to dazzle the driver   OK
You don't scare me enough for me not to give you a head start, i'm too good     OK
i don't remember anything that leads up to the final scene from here onwards     OK
it's the same price if you buy it her as there /or there    AS
we watched more than we played , it was a waste of time   OK

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Mr Wordy  +  853054 Sat, 08 Aug 09 07:34 PM
The word "I" is always capitalised. Sentences begin with a capital letter and end with a period (or a question mark or exclamation mark).

 

You still seem to think that these things aren't important, despite having been repeatedly told that they are. You should not write "OK" against sentences that contain these basic errors.

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alc24  +  853247 Sat, 08 Aug 09 10:59 PM

 Sorry, you're right, its just a bad habit

 

 

The house doesn't look like in the pictures/doesn't look like the one in the pictures.    BOTH
This food isn't good enough to get me to go brush my teeth a second time/isn't worth brushing my teeth for a second time      BOTH
If he had hit a homerun it would have meant that the other team would have lost      OK 
The water will be as cold if you leave it in the fridge for 2 hours than if you leave it for 4 hours.  OK
I wanted the house to look the way it did when I left  OK
You can't drive so close behind a car as to dazzle the driver   OK
You don't scare me enough for me not to give you a head start, I'm too good     OK
I don't remember anything that leads up to the final scene from here onwards     OK
It's the same price if you buy it her as there /or there    AS
We watched more than we played , it was a waste of time   OK

 

 

what do you think now are the corrections fine

 

thanks

Grammar Geek  +  853262 Sat, 08 Aug 09 11:08 PM
The house doesn't look like it does in the pictures/doesn't look like the one in the pictures.  


This food isn't good enough to get me to go brush my teeth a second time/isn't worth brushing my teeth a second time  for


If he had hit a homerun it would have meant that the other team would have lost -- Okay, but convoluted. If he had hit a homerun, the other team would have lost.


The water will be as cold if you leave it in the fridge for 2 hours at it would be if you left it for 4 hours. 


I wanted the house to look the way it did when I left  OK


You can't drive so close behind a car as to dazzle the driver   Okay, but you CAN. It's just that you shouldn't.


You don't scare me enough for me not to give you a head start, I'm too good     I don't understand this one, but it's a comma splice. 


I don't remember anything that leads up to the final scene from here onwards     I don't understand this one either.


It's the same price if you buy it her or there   


We watched more than we played. It was a waste of time   Comma splice


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alc24  +  853305 Sat, 08 Aug 09 11:51 PM
thank you for your corrections

 

for

 

2 This food isn't good enough to get me to go brush my teeth a second time/isn't worth brushing my teeth a second time  for   (are they both correct)

 

7 You don't scare me enough for me not to give you a head start, I'm too good  (as in you're playing tennis and you're opponent is so weak that you're not scared to give him a head start)

 

8 I don't remember anything leading up to the final scene from here onwards     (as in you're wathcing a movie you'd already seen years ago and you don't remember anything leading uo ti the final scene)

 

9 It's the same price if you buy it her or there   (i don't understand why it can't be AS (it's the same price if you buy it here as (it would be if you bought it ) there) i personally think its good?? can you tell me what you think of my explanation

 

thank you

 

 

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