Monalisatuan  +  646564 Sun, 18 Jan 09 02:48 AM Dear teachers, Can I say like this? On Sundays this restaurant is very crowded with customers and on other days it is much less crowded On Sundays this restaurant is very patronized /frquented with customers and on other days it is much less patronized/frequented On Sundays this restaurant is well-patronized and on other days it is much less patronized Thank you in advance Monalisatuan Joined on Mon, Dec 24 2007 hcmcity Full Member 135 quangtuan Restaurants

	Philip  +  646583 Sun, 18 Jan 09 03:03 AM All three sentences are gramatically correct, but the first is by far the most idiomatic. Philip Joined on Thu, Jun 23 2005 Veteran Member 9,310 At reise er at leve! - H. C. Andersen

	Avangi  +  646584 Sun, 18 Jan 09 03:05 AM Hi.  Welcome back.  The sentence with "frequented" is awkward, or unnatural, but the other two are fine. "Well-patronized" is more natural than "very patronized."   A natural phrase or adverb to intensify "frequented" doesn't come to mind.  We usually use "frequented" when mentioning a certain clientele or type of people or others which may be found at a given location.  "The street was frequented by prostitutes."  "The restaurant was frequented by movie stars."  "The park was frequented by pigeons." Don't forget to place periods at the ends of your sentences.   - A. Avangi Joined on Mon, Nov 19 2007 Veteran Member 8,794 ". . . le plaisir delicieux et toujours nouveau d'une occupation inutile." - Henri de Regnier Adverbs, Sentences, Restaurants

	Avangi  +  646699 Sun, 18 Jan 09 05:39 AM Tuongvan “ the restaurant is patronized "by customers", not "with customers " ” You're right, Van.  (This problem applies only to the middle example, where all the problems are located.) Avangi Restaurants