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Five simple query about five simple sentences
1a.He needs a place to live in.
1b. He needs a place to live.
Are these two sentence both correct by grammar?
Do these two sentences have the same meaning?
2. Such phrases as :
three times at two-day intervals = three times every two days?
3. There are eight people in a group, we have in all three such group. I want to express this situation as: we have in all three groups of eight people?
is that right?
if it is wrong, how to correct it?
4a.There are many problems still to be discussed at our next meeting.
4b. There are many problems still to discuss at our next meeting.
Do these two sentence have the same meaning, and are they both correct by grammar?
5a. I am going to start now, in order not to miss the beginning.
5b. I am going to start now not to miss the beginning.
5c. I am going to start now, not to miss the beginning.
which is correct in these three sentence?
23 de ago. de 2020 8:37
Respuestas · 3
1. Both are fine. B is more common.
2. Both are fine. Often you'll add "a day" to it. E.g. "The doctor told me to take these three times a day, every two days, for a fortnight".
3. There's nothing really wrong with this, I don't think (except a missing 's' on the second "group"). Other ways to say it might be:
- We have three groups of eight people.
- There are eight people in each group and three groups in total.
4. Both are ok. You could include "that we still need to" in B if you wanted:
- There are many problems that we still need to discuss at the next meeting.
5. B and C are incorrect, I think. A is close, perhaps:
- I am going to start now, in order to not miss the beginning. (Note the position of "to")
Other options are:
- I'm going to start now, so that I don't miss the beginning.
- I don't want to miss the beginning, so I'm going to start now.
As an aside, "correct by grammar" is a bit if an awkward phrase. We would usually say "grammatically correct".
- Could you check my sentences and let me know if they are grammatically correct.
23 de agosto de 2020
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