ESL General English Grammar Questions

Re: Grammar check (Mel)

Guest — Sat, 06 Dec 2003 11:58:15 GMT

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Re: Grammar check (Mel)

Orpheus — Wed, 08 Oct 2003 02:45:56 GMT

Actually I look forward to... and I am looking forward to... are both grammatically correct. The latter is generally considered more informal.

Re: Grammar check (Mel)

moijelesuis — Wed, 08 Oct 2003 02:15:51 GMT

3B = i am looking forward to hearing from you (would be ok as well), but still not as good as number 1 in my opinion

Re: Grammar check (Mel)

Guest — Tue, 07 Oct 2003 22:49:25 GMT

When in doubt take out or use other terms such as
"I hear you" and "I am hearing you" If you choose to use a verb, "look," following the choice with the verb as in "I am..." "I LOOK forward to hearING from you."

4 and 5 are both incorrect. "We produce reportS without comprOMising quality and accuracy." or "We can produce a report without comprOMising quality or accuracy."

Re: Grammar check (Mel)

maj — Mon, 01 Sep 2003 12:51:58 GMT

"compromising" is ok but you used "comprising, comprise" in the original sentence.

Re: Grammar check (Mel)

kitkattail — Mon, 01 Sep 2003 08:47:40 GMT

"Without compromise to" means "without sacrificing"; so basically, the sentence means that the company maintains quality and accuracy while producing reports.

Re: Grammar check (Mel)

maj — Mon, 01 Sep 2003 07:30:43 GMT

or we produce reports without compromising to quality or accuracy. ( I still don't like this sentence. Who would buy reports that do not offer quality or accuracy? You never know, though.)

Re: Grammar check (Mel)

Mike in Japan — Mon, 01 Sep 2003 01:10:07 GMT

Unfortunately both 4 and 5 have other errors. May I suggest;
We produce reports without 'compromising/compromise to' quality or accuracy.
or
We produced a/the report without 'compromising/compromise to' quality or accuracy.

Re: Grammar check (Mel)

Pemmican — Sun, 31 Aug 2003 16:27:15 GMT

Yep - it can be mentioned that in
1. "to" is a preposition, not part of an infinitive, so a gerund has to follow.

Re: Grammar check (Mel)

maj — Sun, 31 Aug 2003 15:08:00 GMT

1. The correct one. Look+ forward+ to + gerund.
4. The correct one. Without (prep) + gerund.

Grammar check (Mel)

Guest — Sun, 31 Aug 2003 13:46:39 GMT

It would greatly appreciated if you could help me to point the one that is a sentence with correct grammar:
1. I look forward to hearing from you
OR
2. I look forward to hear from you
OR
3. I am looking forward to hear from you.

4. We produce report without comprising quality and accuracy
5. We produce report without comprise to quality and accuracy.

Thanks a bunch.