à I need some corrections in these sentences. The first two ones are from a grammar book but the book gave the simple gerund as an answer and I think that without context my option could be right:
He denied having been driving (driving) so fast.
He denied having broken (breaking) into the shop.
Which is the difference between both options? Are both rights?
à What would you say: to leap into/ to. I wrote in a writing: “with this novel the author leaps to adult narrative” and the thing is that I handed out this piece of writing two times and the teacher corrected just in one of them writing leap into instead of leap to.
à How do you say the time after war? Post-war????
à In order to write with letters 19 do you write nineteenth?? (the teacher corrected it saying that it is not the right spelling but my computer accepts it!
He denied having been driving (driving) so fast.
He denied having broken (breaking) into the shop.
Which is the difference between both options? Are both rights?
à What would you say: to leap into/ to. I wrote in a writing: “with this novel the author leaps to adult narrative” and the thing is that I handed out this piece of writing two times and the teacher corrected just in one of them writing leap into instead of leap to.
à How do you say the time after war? Post-war????
à In order to write with letters 19 do you write nineteenth?? (the teacher corrected it saying that it is not the right spelling but my computer accepts it!
These are OK:
He denied driving / having been driving so fast.
He denied breaking / having broken into the shop.
With this novel the author leaps into adult narrative.
Post-war.
19 = nineteen.
19th = nineteenth
He denied driving / having been driving so fast.
He denied breaking / having broken into the shop.
With this novel the author leaps into adult narrative.
Post-war.
19 = nineteen.
19th = nineteenth
Comments
Students: Are you brave enough to let our tutors analyse your pronunciation?
If I want to say 19th century, should I say nineteenth century? she corrected it but I pressume it is because it is not the correct way (I should have written it with numbers)
- anonymous
Either way is fine in my book, but I suppose it is clearer to use the figures: 19th century.
- Mister Micawber
