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Re: proofreading of funny article

Skrej — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:39:08 GMT

changeling
Hi everybody!

I was translating a kind funny recipe. Could you, please, check the following passages? Does it sound good? Do I need any improvement?

You will need eggs to make this apple pie. If you've run out of them, get dressed and rush out to the store. And get iodine, cleansers, soap, bandage and sticking plaster, too. On your way back, grab some flour, apples and sugar. So, you come back home and go to your kitchen right away. While unloading your purchases you will surely drop a few of eggs on the floor. Donât worry about that, just beat remaining 5 (put the number first - 5 remaining eggs) eggs into a bowl. C l (This is a typo, I think - delete it) Clean the kitchen floor, or else it will be slippery. Now follow directions carefully. Take your mixer and start beating eggs. Your mixer wonât work? Just try to switch it on. It did no difference? (use made, instead of did - It made no difference?) You probably have to place the blades. (Say 'insert' instead of 'place', or say "put the blades in" instead of place the blades. Also, you might want to say 'beaters' instead of blades) So now you can beat the eggs. When you finish splashing beaten eggs all over the place you will want to have a shower. Wash yourself very well and get the yolk out of your nose. And finally, wash your clothes.

You have three (Earlier you said 5 eggs in the bowl, now 3 - is this intentional? Does this mean the person splashed out 2 eggs?) beaten yolks in the bowl and that's enough to make our apple pie. Now find old newspapers and magazines and paste (I'd use 'cover' instead of paste) the entire kitchen with them. Cover your furniture with some waste blanket (Subject/verb agreement error here - either say 'some waste blankets' or 'a waste blanket) if you don't plan to buy new furniture. Take (Missing a definite article 'the' here) flour package and put about a cup of flour into the bowl. Gather the flour you spilt on a table (forget about the flour scattered on the floor) and put it back to the package. Make sure youâve pasted (Again, I'd use 'covered' instead of pasted) all the walls and the ceiling in the kitchen properly. Now blend the eggs with the flour.

You need a bath again. Wash all that beaten mixture (Simpler just to use the word 'batter' here instead of 'beaten mixture) off. Take a sharp knife. Well, that's where you need iodine, bandage (either 'a bandage' or 'bandages) and sticking plaster. Peel five apples. Apply iodine to your cuts and bandage your fingers. Stick (Use 'apply' here instead of 'stick' ) the plaster. Now, cut (Again, you're missing the definite article 'the' here) apples. Keep in mind, though, we need two apples for our pie, so feel free to eat the rest of them while cooking. (Consider rewording this sentence slightly. It's gramatically ok, but a bit confusing. I'd say use either one of these two options: (1) Keep in mind, though, we need two apples for our pie, so don't eat all of them. or (2) Keep in mind, we only need 2 apples for our pie, so feel free to eat the rest of them while cooking.) Pick up all apple pieces you dropped on the floor and wash them in running water. Add apples and sugar to the dough. Beat the ingredients. Clean up all those nasty spots on the fridge and windows, or else they will dry up which will make cleaning much harder.

Pour what's left in the bowl in a frying pan (A frying pan is for frying, but you're putting the pan in the oven to bake. I think you mean baking pan.) Forgot to coat your frying pan (baking pan?) with oil? That's ok, just pour the mixture back in the bowl. Now wash the frying pan, (baking pan?) towel it dry and coat with vegetable oil. Wash your hands and again pour the dough in the frying pan. (baking pan?) Place in the oven. If your pie still looks pretty much the same after an hour of baking, check if you turned the heat on. So now the heat is on and you can take a rest. As you wake up suddenly, open all windows, doors and your oven. Bring (Use 'give' or 'make' instead of 'bring'.) your apologies to your neighbors and convince them that there was no fire. Now that you've recovered from all that shock, call your darling and say you gonna make something special for the dinner. Make (Use 'go to' or 'head to/for' instead of 'make') for the store again and buy a cake and a bottle of wine, or even something stiffer. Unpack the cake and put it on the frying pan (Again, use 'baking pan' but you'll need to use the preposition 'in' instead of 'on. - Unpack the cake and put in the baking pan). Greet your darling!

Hi Changeling,

You did a pretty good job with your funny recipe, but I commented on a few minor errors. Feel free to ask for further clarification if my comments don't make sense.

Hope this helps!

Re: How to write it in right way?

Clive — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:53:27 GMT

Hi,

"Correlation of ecological groups of objects from a digestive tract of three fish species on average relative number"

This is the caption for the diagram. Whether it is correct to write this preposition when I try to compare some data: "correlation ... on average relative number".

Is this sentence has sense? Is it right? Please correct me!

I suggest "Correlation of ecological groups of objects from digestive tracts of three fish species, by average relative number."

You usually correlate things 'by' or 'based on' something.

What's an 'ecological group'?

What does 'average relative number' mean? Relative to what?

I wonder if 'objects' is the best word to choose? How about 'items'? Or 'material'?

Best wishes, Clive

How to write it in right way?

Gadget Hackwrench — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:37:33 GMT

"Correlation of ecological groups of objects from a digestive tract of three fish species on average relative number"

This is the caption for the diagram. Whether it is correct to write this preposition when I try to compare some data: "correlation ... on average relative number".Â

Is this sentence has sense? Is it right? Please correct me! :)

Re: far

New2grammar — Thu, 08 May 2008 13:06:52 GMT

Thanks. Now that I'm clear with the preposition usage, a new problem arises. Actually, I have been having this problem. How do you count mountain? In other words, when to use the plural or singular? Based on the number of peaks?

Re: Can help solve these preposition questions for me?

Grammar Geek — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:14:01 GMT

Hello Awence,

What is your guess for #1?

("ain't" is non-standard - use I'm not sure, not I ain't sure.)

#2 can have a number of correct answers - near, by, across -- there are probably more.

Re: move to my next door

nona the brit — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:46:17 GMT

I agree with GG. Moved (in) next door to me.

I dont' agree that settle is an appropriate word here. We don't use settle to refer directly to moving house - it is more to do with moving area. If you moved from Number 2 to Number 4 Lilac Road, you wouldn't talk about having settled next door. You moved there.

settle (LIVE) Show phonetics
verb
1 [I usually + adverb or preposition] to go and live somewhere, especially permanently:
After they got married, they settled in Brighton.

Are you getting this confused with the phrasal verb 'settled in'

settle in phrasal verb
to become familiar with new surroundings, such as a new house, job or school, and to feel comfortable and happy there:
Once we've settled in, you must come round for dinner.

Re: it matters to know it

OrcaDeen — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 22:02:13 GMT

Thank you for your interest to share us

But, your sentence may mean that the main concern of the topic is the council while it is really not

And by deleting the preposition "at", this ignores that the complaints were lodged to that council

Also, the past perfect tense in "had been" may express a very far incident that was finished long ago and doesnot express the sense or continuation in the past since the complaints have been heavily lodged in large numbers

Lastly, Thank you so much

Re: preposition+obj pronoun+?

Avangi — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 03:27:42 GMT

What's your advice? (reply) Do five subjects. This is a stand-alone imperative sentence. You're looking for a phrase which will modify "boy." We just happen to have one for you. It's called a participial phrase. It begins with a participle, which "do" is not. We also have a different type of modifier called a relative clause, which begins with a relative conjunction, usually considered third person singular (who does, which does), and again, "do" doesn't fit the bill.

I don't think the presence of the preposition with effects it one way or the other. "I know a boy doing / who does five subjects."

I'm not sure why you want to use "do." Even a simple sentence, "This boy does five subjects," can't use "do." It's the wrong person and number.

Re: On to vs. onto

Anonymous — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:35:52 GMT

ONTO vs. ON TO:

Onto is a preposition. In a sentence, the preposition
onto will be part of a prepositional phrase consisting of
onto + its object + any modifiers of its objects. The entire phrase it is a part of will function adverbially to modify the
verb or verb phrase that precedes the phrase.

However, there are a number of sentences where either form would be correct, depending on the intended meaning. Take a look at some examples:

1. We drove onto the turnpike. (We got on the turnpike.)

2. We drove on to the turnpike. (We drove until we got to the turnpike.

3. It would be more profitable to shift the cost onto your customers.

4. It would be more profitable to pass the cost on to your customers.

Hope we can now choose when to choose onto and when to choose on to than a lot of explanation involving grammatical terminology.

In the sentance " Pass the cost onto/ on to the customers" it entirely depends on teh meeting intended.

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Re: Please call me at/on 5678-1234

Pter — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 08:28:25 GMT

Thank you very much again. It is very clear to me now. However, I can't resist to ask why it is "on extension 1234". I know we don't always have answers on the use of prepositions, but extension 1234 is just another form of phone number. Why isn't it at?