ESL General English Grammar Questions

Re: The pizzas competition 2

Yankee — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:53:38 GMT

Or this:
"... all of them gobbled up as much pizza as fast as they (possibly) could."

Re: The pizzas competition 2

New2grammar — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:37:53 GMT

How about " as fast and as much as they could"?

Mr Wordy
as fast as ~~possible they could~~ they possibly could

Re: The pizzas competition 2

Mr Wordy — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:33:30 GMT

The participant who ate the most pizzas would be the winner. When the competition began, all of them gobbled pizzas up [This is OK, but I personally prefer "gobbled up pizzas". The theory is that you shouldn't split a compound verb, such as "gobble up", unless the sentence structure really requires you to do so] as fast as ~~possible they could~~ they possibly could. They looked nervous and felt hot eating the pizzas. Some of them drank water while eating ~~pizzas~~ [this is not wrong, but by now we get the idea that it's pizzas they're eating, and the repetition tends to get a little tiresome]. The audience cheered and gave them support.

Re: The pizzas competition 2

Vincent Teo — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:57:06 GMT

This is not my homework. I just wanna to comfirm the usage of the verbs in the sentences.

The participant who ate the most pizzas would be the winner. When the competition began, all of them gobbled pizzas up as fast as possible they could. They looked nervous and felt hot eating the pizzas. Some of them drank water while eating pizzas. The audience cheered and gave them support.

That is just I try. How?

Re: The pizzas competition 2

Mr Wordy — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:27:41 GMT

I wondered if this was homework, hence my suggestion that you should try first!

Re: The pizzas competition 2

Vincent Teo — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 21:47:06 GMT

How do I correct them? can help me?

Re: The pizzas competition 2

Mr Wordy — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:41:56 GMT

I underlined a couple of things that need fixing or could be improved:

The participant who ate the most number of pizzas would be the winner. When the competition began, all of them gobbled pizzas up as fast as possible and as much as they could. They looked nervous and felt hot eating the pizzas. Some of them drank water while eating pizzas as well. The audience cheered and gave them support.

The pizzas competition 2

Vincent Teo — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:57:58 GMT

Can I say,

The participant who ate the most number of pizzas would be the winner. When the competition began, all of them

gobbled pizzas up as fast as possible and as much as they could. They looked nervous and felt hot eating the pizzas.

Some of them drank water while eating pizzas as well. The audience cheered and gave them support.