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Post by tangent on Mar 23, 2020 12:48:49 GMT
9. "We met in School time and since then kept together" - clumsy and arguably incorrect. If the two people stayed in the same house, then they kept together but not if they simply kept in touch. "We met at school and kept in touch ever since." 'School' should be in lower case.
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Post by Elis on Mar 23, 2020 12:52:34 GMT
And "we can have animals". I would say we can have pets, so would you say animals is wrong? I think it is.
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Post by tangent on Mar 23, 2020 13:01:32 GMT
10. "we can have animals" - if the intention is to say "we can keep pets (in our flat)" then it is ambiguous because it includes animals that are not pets and casual animals such as one-off intruders. And what about lions and tigers? Are they allowed?
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Post by Elis on Mar 23, 2020 13:26:07 GMT
"my friend who I met this year"
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Post by Elis on Mar 23, 2020 13:27:35 GMT
And "after time passed"
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Post by whollygoats on Mar 23, 2020 13:56:50 GMT
"We met in School time and since then kept together" We've been together since we met in school. |
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Post by Elis on Mar 23, 2020 14:00:42 GMT
Thanks, all of you.
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Post by whollygoats on Mar 23, 2020 14:06:32 GMT
"my friend who I met this year" This looks acceptable as is, but I suspect that context might make a difference. I'd be tempted to suggest that I'd use the construction, "My new friend, Toby, who I met just this year." |
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Post by whollygoats on Mar 23, 2020 14:08:00 GMT
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Post by tangent on Mar 23, 2020 15:49:14 GMT
11. "my friend who I met this year" - some would say 'whom' but common usage says that 'who' is perfectly acceptable.
12. "after time passed" - this needs a context to be sure. I would say "after the passing of time" or "after time passed by".
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Post by Elis on Mar 24, 2020 13:40:03 GMT
"The first time it was horror." (No, they were not talking baout sex, but about getting a little brother  ) |
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Post by Kye on Mar 24, 2020 13:48:05 GMT
At first, it was horrible.
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Post by tangent on Mar 24, 2020 13:53:32 GMT
13. "The first time it was horror" - ambiguous. What was a horror? The occasion of giving birth or the child itself? Maybe they mean the first few weeks. If it is about giving birth, I would say something like, "the first time was horrible."
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Post by Elis on Mar 25, 2020 9:08:08 GMT
It was written by someone about his younger brother, so I assume it was horrible for him when he first got his brother.
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Post by Elis on Mar 25, 2020 9:26:27 GMT
"we don’t often see each other"
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Post by Kye on Mar 25, 2020 10:01:29 GMT
That one is fine.
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Post by Elis on Mar 25, 2020 12:28:31 GMT
Thanks. Didn't mark it as a mistake.
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Post by Mari on Mar 25, 2020 14:11:22 GMT
Though the placing of the word often can change the emphasis.
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Post by Elis on Mar 26, 2020 9:02:33 GMT
"I would like to prefer"
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Post by Mari on Mar 26, 2020 9:19:32 GMT
Would only make sense if it says something like I would like to prefer coffee but unfortunately I prefer tea... which is a really awkward way of phrasing it. More likely they looked it up in a dictionary, found to like/to prefer and instead of choosing decided to use both.
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Post by Kye on Mar 26, 2020 9:41:19 GMT
Yep, I'm with Mari on this.
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Post by Elis on Mar 26, 2020 12:29:39 GMT
Thanks. I's marked it as a mistake, my mother thought it was fine.
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Post by JoeP on Mar 26, 2020 15:06:15 GMT
Yep, I'm with Mari on this. You shouldn't be! You should socially distant! |
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Post by Mari on Mar 27, 2020 10:56:29 GMT
She could be with me at a socially acceptable distance?
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Post by Elis on Mar 29, 2020 21:03:30 GMT
Aren't we all already on a socially acceptable distance?
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Post by Mari on Mar 30, 2020 9:11:49 GMT
I think most people got that message by now, though some are stupid enough not to.
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Post by Elis on Mar 31, 2020 11:46:55 GMT
Aren't we all already on a socially acceptable distance? I meant the fact that we live quite far away from each other. But yes, I just had to go to the band and people tried to keep a distance when passing each other. |
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