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Is it correct sentence??

nocy — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:58:34 GMT

The many delicate details now appeared to great advantage.

[ apppear + to(prep.) + N ]

I saw this sentence in my TOEFL reading book. Is it grammatical sentence??

I've never seen the sentence structures like this before.

I think it should be not "appeared to great advantage" but "appeared (to be) great advantage."

What do you think?? Teach me plz :>

Re: How many words (HMW)?

Hoa Thai — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:15:26 GMT

Arvsworld wrote:
It's generally not the number of words you know but how well you use them (to express your thoughts clearly) that indicate your mastery level. Tests like the TOEFL and the IELTS rate your mastery of English for the academic and work related settings. Knowing all the words in the dictionary is useless if you can't create complete, coherent sentences. One good way to practice and improve your language skills is to try saying something in several different ways. This kind of exercise forces you to keep adding new words to your vocabulary and to explore different sentence structures. Regarding the word lists you were asking about, you can search for those things using google or any other search engine.

Hi,

I simply need the statistical information from a reliable source (if possible sole source) for my report.

Regarding your advice, I beg to differ. Words to language are no different from sounds to music, ingredients to cooking, or elements to chemistry. One of the important aspects of language learning is vocabulary enrichment. I agree with you that we must use all things that we've learned to their perfection. However, the more words we know the more precisely / artfully we can express our ideas. If happy is the only word that we know, how could we be cheerful / glad / delighted / pleased / thrilled / satisfied?

I cannot imagine we can cook a variety of good dishes with only salt â Would you like to take the title salty master?

Regards
Hoa Thai

Re: How many words (HMW)?

Arvsworld — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 11:04:42 GMT

It's generally not the number of words you know but how well you use them (to express your thoughts clearly) that indicate your mastery level.

Tests like the TOEFL and the IELTS rate your mastery of English for the academic and work related settings.

Knowing all the words in the dictionary is useless if you can't create complete, coherent sentences. One good way to practice and improve your language skills is to try saying something in several different ways. This kind of exercise forces you to keep adding new words to your vocabulary and to explore different sentence structures.

Regarding the word lists you were asking about, you can search for those things using google or any other search engine.

Re: Please check my essay for the IELTS preparation

sherif_fam — Sun, 07 Nov 2004 06:20:45 GMT

Hi Julie

Thanks for your reply.

Information regarding the IELTS : (if the forum rules do not allow such posts, I am asking any moderator to erase it, Thanks)
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The IELTS (International English Language Test System), is like TOEFL; but it is common in UK, Europe, Canada and Australia, while the TOEFL is common in USA.

Writing one essay is one of the tasks to be completed. The essay should be at least 250 words, excluding repetitions of any sentences from the subject, and to be completed in 40 minutes.

It is marked in relation to 3 factors:
1. Task fulfilment (how far the subject is covered and analysed in the essay, and the subject's questions -if any- are they answered fully?).
2. Cohesion (how logically the essay goes, in terms of ideas' flow), and coherence (how understandable is the essay, are the statements clear and self-explanatory?)
3. Vocabulary and sentence structure (is there a variation in the vocabulary, are the words used correctly in the correct position?, is the grammar correct?, are there any spelling mistakes?)
Each factor is marked out of 9 points, and the overall score is the average of the 3 marks.
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Julie, thanks again and I will appreciate any advice regarding the essay. I know it is shorter than 250 words, but the subject was little difficult to me; as it is totally out of my field.

P.S. I contributed by one post about spelling rules, few days ago, and would appreciate your comments on it also (especially the list of vowels).

Best regards,
Sherif