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Some questions about preposition. Please help me!!!

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Anonymous  #380114  Fri, 15 Jun 07 08:17 PM

Hi!

Could you please, help me with the following?

The correct is:

a) On the right moment or at the right moment?;

b) bitting or biting (from the verb to bite)? ;

c) Some day or someday ?;

d) explained them or explained to them?;

e) In the end of the day or at the end of the day?;

f) In the way or on the way I saw nice trees ?;

g) uncontrollable or uncontrolable? (does this second option also exist ?);

h) "We went to explore..." or (just) "we explored..."

Thanks in advance,

Beatrice

  

  
Stannum  #380170  Fri, 15 Jun 07 10:24 PM
 Anonymous wrote:
Hi!
G'day!

 Anonymous wrote:
Could you please, help me with the following?
I'll give it a shot.

 Anonymous wrote:
The correct is:
Is this correct?

or

Which is correct?

 Anonymous wrote:
a) On the right moment or at the right moment?;
At the right moment.

 Anonymous wrote:
b) bitting or biting (from the verb to bite)? ;
Biting.

 Anonymous wrote:
c) Some day or someday ?;
Some day is more common but someday is also quite acceptable.

 Anonymous wrote:
d) explained them or explained to them?;
explained to them

or possibly;

explained it to them

unless you had preceded with ''it was explained to them'

 Anonymous wrote:
e) In the end of the day or at the end of the day?;
At the end of the day.

This is an idiom and I am not sure if you can trust the construction in general.

 Anonymous wrote:
f) In the way or on the way I saw nice trees ?;
On the way I saw (some) nice trees.

 Anonymous wrote:
g) uncontrollable or uncontrolable? (does this second option also exist ?);
The second option looks odd to me.  It may exist but I am not familiar with it.

 Anonymous wrote:
h) "We went to explore..." or (just) "we explored..."
Virtually identical meanings, I think.

 Anonymous wrote:
Thanks in advance,

Beatrice

Welcome in retrospect,

Robert

  
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Cool Breeze  #380182  Fri, 15 Jun 07 11:17 PM
a) I met him at the right moment.
b) biting (any dictionary will give you the rigth spelling)
c) I'll learn it some day / one day.
d) I explained it to them.
e) at the end of the day (But: He became happy in the end.)
f) I saw nice trees on my way out.
g) Any online dictionary gives you the correct spelling.
h) Both are right. The meaning isn't the same, of course.

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Anonymous  #380186  Fri, 15 Jun 07 11:25 PM

Hello, Cool Breeze!

Thank you very much for helping me.

Best regards,

Beatrice.

  
Doll  #380218  Sat, 16 Jun 07 12:59 AM

Please don't post the same thread for the second time.

  
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Anonymous  #380231  Sat, 16 Jun 07 01:54 AM

Hi, Robert!

Thank you very much for your help.

Best regards,

Beatrice

  
Anonymous  #380232  Sat, 16 Jun 07 01:59 AM

Hello, Doll!

 I'm very sorry! What happened is that as I have posted it too early, but I didn't see my question in the forum I thought that perhaps, for some reason it didn't reach you. So, I decided to post again.

 Best regards,

 Beatrice  

  
Doll  #380427  Sat, 16 Jun 07 06:44 PM

Next time look at the active forums on the left above. Smile [:)]

  
Morgan Le Fey  #388474  Thu, 05 Jul 07 10:47 PM

 Stannum wrote:

Which is correct?

 Anonymous wrote:
In the end of the day or at the end of the day?;

At the end of the day.

This is an idiom and I am not sure if you can trust the construction in general.

Robert

Hi:

I understand this is an idiom, but I have the same problem with when to use "at" and when to use "in".

In Spanish both of them translate as only one preposition, "en". So I never know which is the right one, because both mean the same to me.

I don't know what is the difference between "He's at the office" or "He's in the office", for instance.

Could someone explain, please?

Isabella

  
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