Re: Would you mind telling me whether these sentences are correct?
- From: "Don Phillipson" <d.phillipson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 15:38:45 -0500
"Bob" <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:pan.2005.10.30.16.37.10.832311@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 23:19:11 +0800, Wind Young wrote:
>
> > Today I wrote some sentences, but I don't know whether they are correct
> > and whether they agree with your habits.
> > Here are these sentences:
>
>
> > 1. The reality which we have to confront with is no so much enjoying the
> > reward of the life as enjoying the progression of the life.
>
> "In reality, happiness is not so much enjoying the reward of the life as
> enjoying the progression of the life."
This is an incomplete revision. EFL speakers write
about "the progress (not progression) of life (not the life.)"
Wrong use of the definite article often betrays foreigners
writing about the life or the love or the sport. EFL speakers
write about life, love or sport.
--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)
.
- References:
- Prev by Date: Re: Would you mind telling me whether these sentences are correct?
- Next by Date: Re: words you use when you tickle a toddler
- Previous by thread: Re: Would you mind telling me whether these sentences are correct?
- Next by thread: Re: Clause rank or phrase rank
- Index(es):
Relevant Pages
|
