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She went to Cambridge. Went is the past tense of go . If you "go to" a school, it usually means you attend there as a student. She has been to Cambridge. Been is the past participle of be . The sentence literally means that at some
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The sentence sounds awkward. "It" is required, but "now" is not. If you're trying to convey that starting at this moment (as in you just found out) you cannot do it before 9:30 it would be better to say, "9:30 is now
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Thanks for the definition. Whatever you mean by "compare", I haven't really done that. I have just mentioned a few points that are important from a tourist's point of view. You used your perception of the relative safety of a
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He came to Metropolis U. to take a finance course and he was sitting by a fountain all denim ( wearing jeans? ) and flannel eating an apple. You pretty much have it. Denim and flannel are obviously two kinds of fabric, and the reasonable
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But suggest also means bring to mind , and this is the meaning in your example sentences, so the grammatical structures for 'advisory' suggest don't apply. Issues of availability cannot give advice! So all you need is a that clause or
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(a) The patients are waiting for seeing the doctor. The patients are waiting to see the doctor. The second sentence is correct. (b) It is cheap to travel by bus. This sentence is correct. (c) Tourist often buy souvenirs to take back home. Change
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(a) A librarian works in / at the library. / A librarian is in charge of a library. All three are correct, but have slightly different meanings. Also, the switch between indefinite and definite articles in your first two examples sounds odd. (b) A
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No problem, I assumed that's what you meant since demonstrative pronouns are the only things that would have made sense in all but your last example. Still, just in case...
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But I'm stuck with a sentence where "to do" is replaced by "not to do": a1) I suggest not doing X. (I reckon this is fine) a2) I suggest not to do X. (???) b1) I suggest Y shouldn't do X. (I reckon this
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"The thief in the temple" seems to merely be a poetic metaphor and not an idiom. I'm not sure if the temple that is referenced is part of that metaphor or a literal structure (the diary belonged to a priest after all). Regardless,
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