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Re: At that time

yizhivika — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:23:13 GMT

Hi Clive, Yes, that's fine too, although I'm slightly uneasy about the coupling of "usually take a cab", with "it would take me". If "always" were substituted for "usually" I'd be happier with the construction, but the use of "usually" implies that sometimes public transport is used, which serves to validate "it takes me".

Re: At that time

yizhivika — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 21:49:59 GMT

Hi again, I usually take a cab home when I leave the office after 10 pm, otherwise it takes me around 2 hours to reach home (at that time). In the sentence above, you could omit 'at that time' and still retain the meaning, but personally I would include it as it gives emphasis to the preceding 'after 10 pm'. That said, other native speakers of English probably would omit 'at that time' here; it's a matter of personal preference.

Re: At that time

yizhivika — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 21:10:48 GMT

Hi, whether "at that time" is needed depends upon on what the role of 'as' is in the sentence. Do you mean that it would take you two hours to reach home by some other form of public transport, so that's why you usually take a cab? If so, then you really need to add an extra word or two to the sentence, e.g. I usually take a cab home when I leave the office after 10 pm, otherwise it takes me around 2 hours to reach home at that time.

Re: Help me

yizhivika — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:37:24 GMT

Hi, How about re-wording your passage in a similar way to this; I hope I've interpreted your intentions correctly: There are many "Mobile Dictionary" softwares available on a number of websites, and most of them are free. You can easily choose any of the applications that you like. However, each of them has its own particular qualities. That can be seen by using them. I hope that over the coming days many people will consider my application, and I would greatly appreciate any contributions of ideas for improvement as soon as possible.

Re: Which one is correct?

yizhivika — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:19:56 GMT

Hi Chris, Yes, fair point, although I would invariably say: The chain is 8 metres long.. What about you?

Re: Which one is correct?

yizhivika — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:57:26 GMT

Neither, but your second is closer to being correct; it simply needs an indefinite article added: Each light has an 8m long chain.

Re: New Year blessing

yizhivika — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:05:13 GMT

Hi, They are okay, although expressions such as "a step higher" and "prosperity every year", are very unusual in English language New Year greetings, particularly since the phrases lack a verb..... Anyway.. 新年快乐!

Re: Punctuate this!

yizhivika — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:30:19 GMT

'John where Mary had had had had had had had had had had had the teacher's approval.' Gibberish lies some way beyond punctuation, so I've rearranged your sentence instead..

Re: Since/playing wise

yizhivika — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:41:23 GMT

Hi Newguest, Yes, your interpretation of "since" is correct. As for "playing-wise", the -wise here is a suffix that simply means "in respect to". So, he had been thinking about how he would play his musical instrument(s).

Re: The trouble stirred up over Odyssey's Black Swan Project

yizhivika — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:15:17 GMT

Hi Angliholic, No, I wouldn't say that the verb phrases "stirred up" and "brought about" are direct equivalents; "to stir up" carries the implication of aroused passions, whereas "to bring about" doesn't. Since the word "controversy" (which also implies aroused passions) has been used earlier in the sentence, "stirred up" is a much better verb phrase to use here than would be "brought about".

Re: Modals, Quiz, FCE

yizhivika — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:23:38 GMT

Okay, I'll tell you; yizhivika is my transliteration of the Russian word for blackberry, i.e. ежевика.......

Re: Modals, Quiz, FCE

yizhivika — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 22:54:09 GMT

Ah, so Raluca's a Romanian name, then; I was wondering .. Anyway, in a spirit of helpfulness, here's some further fine-tuning to your generally excellent English: English is not my native language, I am from Romania, but I have always been very fond of it! I just love it and love it ! Lol. I came here so I can help others and also ( to ) learn more about English . I graduated from university here and I should soon start teaching in schools, so this site is actually very helpfull helpful to me ! So, you think my English is very good too, huh?

yizhivika — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 11:57:11 GMT

Hi, Lithium is sometimes used as a medicine to treat depression, bipolar disorder, etc., and that's evidently the context here.

Re: Would you insert ' the ' where necessary. Thanks.

yizhivika — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 12:35:19 GMT

I wouldn't insert 'the' anywhere in this sentence, but I would re-write it thus: "What is regarded as attractive has changed in each period of history , that this which makes it difficult to define universal principles of good design'' However, if you insist on inserting 'the', then it would need to go before 'universal principles'.

Re: "What price more food?" Huh?

yizhivika — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 10:20:52 GMT

Hi Chris, Yes, it's perfectly good English, although idiomatic. It's actually a play on words, which I think will become apparent if I give you another example of this particular use of "What price". What price freedom? Here, it makes no sense to talk about the monetary cost of something so intangible; rather, it is talking more about the cost in human life, sacrifice and suffering. Similarly, with the headline 'What Price More Food?' the 'New Scientist' is presumably asking what the cost is of an increase in global food production, in terms of its impact on the environment, etc.

Re: Use of the word 'manifested'

yizhivika — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 23:43:15 GMT

No, it doesn't. To use 'manifested' transitively in such a sentence, you'd have to say something like: "A devastated landscape manifested burned, broken buildings, punctuated by army tents and cannon batteries.", but I appreciate that in re-arranging your words, I might have altered the meaning that you originally intended.

Re: Seek out sth over sth

yizhivika — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 22:22:54 GMT

Hi again Troy, Thanks for the whole description, and while not retreating from my opinion that it's a badly written piece of English, it's useful to have the full context. It has evidently been written by someone with a good command of English grammar (and who may well be a native speaker of the language), but someone who is poor (or, at least, negligent) at fully communicating the ideas in his/her head. The phrase 'seek out wild experiences over new ideas' still doesn't make a lot of sense to me, but I think 'People are frustrated by your great potential' is just a handful of words short of making proper sense. I suspect what the writer means is "People are frustrated by your unwillingness to fulfil...

Re: Holding an umbrella or holding up an umbrella?

yizhivika — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 11:02:08 GMT

Hi, You could use either, although 'holding up' is more explicit. 'Holding an umbrella' could also mean 'carrying an umbrella', without opening it up/out. Merry Christmas to you too!

Re: Seek out sth over sth

yizhivika — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 09:44:18 GMT

Hi Troy, It's a very sloppily written bit of English, and as a native speaker, I don't know what it means . Of the two alternatives you give, I'd suggest that the first is the writer's intention (but it still makes little sense to me). If the second alternative is the writer's intention, then he/she should have used 'from' rather than 'over' in the sentence.

Re: Please give answers to me

yizhivika — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 09:34:36 GMT

Hi, What do you think the correct answers are? If you'd like to give your own answers here, then I'm sure other members will help you.

Re: It's okay!

yizhivika — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 09:29:06 GMT

Hi Avangi, I'd guess this topic gets an airing on English Forums from time to time, and I remember discussing it a few months back in this post: http://www.englishforums.com/English/SomeoneCorrectEnglish/gmqkx/Post.htm As I said at that time, my preference is for 'okay' over any other versions, but I accept that not all English speakers will agree with me.

Re: Suss

yizhivika — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 09:00:08 GMT

Hi Barbara, Yes, I sometimes use it too, usually in the expression 'suss out', and as a synonym for 'figure out' or 'work out'. It's also used in expressions like "I've (finally) sussed it!" meaning "I've (finally) worked it out!" Not sure whether its origins are in BrE or not, and if it derives from 'suspect' then there's evidently been a transmutation of meaning here. Anyway, Merry Christmas

Re: "such that " has frustrated me , help me , please.

yizhivika — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 22:25:55 GMT

"After initial contact with the die edge and during the application of force, the relative position of the contact tool shall not move vertically such that contact is made with the header/substrate or die attach media. If the tool rides over the die, a new die may be substituted or the die may be repositioned, provided that the requirements of 3.1.c are met." The English here probably was written by a native speaker; it is rather precise, technical language, but the grammar is faultless, and I'd expect to see a few grammatical errors if such a paragraph were written by a non-native speaker. Kooyeen 's interpretation of it is also correct, and hopefully the expansion of ' such that' to 'in such a way...

Re: Is this sentence correct?

yizhivika — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 23:08:22 GMT

No, in my head, it isn't . Were I to accept the underlying idea as true, I'd re-phrase it as: Philosophy and science go are (sometimes/often) in conflict in their search of for truth.

Re: What does it mean?

yizhivika — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 22:30:40 GMT

I've never studied "Twelfth Night" (the obligatory Shakespeare for me in my school years was "Henry V" ), but this phrase simply comes across to me as 'many thanks' or 'I can't thank you enough' in modern parlance.....

Re: During/On/At Christmas

yizhivika — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:37:30 GMT

As a BrE native speaker, I'd use At as the first choice preposition here. During is also acceptable, but not On or In in the sentence provided. To use On you'd have to add Day to Christmas , and it wouldn't really make sense here unless the presents were actually bought on Christmas Day. So, in summary: At Christmas (or, possibly, During Christmas ) On Christmas Day

Re: More questions

yizhivika — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 07:03:49 GMT

Hi Yankee, Yes, that's a fair point, although as I mentioned above, I suspect that this set of questions derives from a British source (the curious combination of colour and favorite notwithstanding!), and in BrE, I think you'd be much more likely to use cut here.

Re: More questions

yizhivika — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:06:42 GMT

Hi again Chris, Believe me, question 10 does need an adjective; the sentence would be ungrammatical without one, whichever of the four options is chosen.

Re: More questions

yizhivika — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:43:17 GMT

Hi Chris, It looks to me as though these questions might derive from a British source, so I'll answer them in that context. By the way, you're lacking an adjective in number 10 (probably the word difficult ). Also, number 7 seems to have disappeared . 1. Television is .. by many broadcasters as being beneficial to education a. conceived b. decided c. perceived < d. expressed 2. Because the shop was closing down, Jean was able to buy her new watch for a .. (of the original price) a. fraction < b. portion c. wedge d. slice 3. Although he had hurt his foot, the tennis star...... off his injury and continued the match a. carried

yizhivika — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:55:12 GMT

Hmmm, I haven't too much to add to this, and as a BrE speaker, I'm here speaking only for myself, not for BrE speakers in general. With MrP's sentences 1. & 2., I might use either, in both colloquial and written English. However, I think I'd be more inclined to use 1. in spoken English and 2. when writing. As for 3. and 4. I'm pretty sure I'd use 3. most of the time, irrespective of whether I were speaking or writing. I don't think I'm actually capable of performing the mental gymnastics required to decide whether it were an 'open' or 'rejected' condition , and in any event, if I were to use 4. at all, I think it would only ever be as a colloquialism.

Re: Gagged....

yizhivika — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 23:13:51 GMT

The context here is the sometimes uneasy relationship between Rafa, aka Rafael Benitez, the current team manager of Liverpool Football Club (an English Premiership club, currently in second place in the Premiership, for anyone not too familiar with the finer points of English football ), and Liverpool Football Club's American owners. Benitez has spoken out at times in the past about his unhappiness with some aspects of the running of Liverpool Football Club, and the 'gagging' being spoken of here is a reference to a possible clause being written into any extension of Rafa's current contract, that would effectively prevent him speaking openly of the internal management of the Club by its owners. As for 'smoking them...