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baby faced woman Posted Tue 15 Jan, 2008 8:56 AM |
To Native English Speaker !
Sorry this Question is not relative to music....
this qestion has something to do with laguage, English...
Which sports do you like tennis or soccer ?
Which sport do you like tennis or soccer ?
Which sentence is right ? I am a little bit confused..
let me know the right answer!
I am not from the counrty that English is used
as the first language...so I sometimes face the difficulty
of English(language)....silly me. :( |
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Meridith Posted Tue 15 Jan, 2008 9:00 AM |
baby faced woman wrote: To Native English Speaker !
Sorry this Question is not relative to music....
this qestion has something to do with laguage, English...
Which sports do you like tennis or soccer ?
Which sport do you like tennis or soccer ?
Which sentence is right ? I am a little bit confused..
let me know the right answer!
I am not from the counrty that English is used
as the first language...so I sometimes face the difficulty
of English(language)....silly me. :(
Which sport do you like, tennis or soccer?
I think there should be a comma there anyway. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
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baby faced woman Posted Tue 15 Jan, 2008 9:06 AM |
| thanks! |
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bara Posted Tue 15 Jan, 2008 9:35 AM |
next question:
when do i have to set a comma? i never understood this.. |
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spid Posted Tue 15 Jan, 2008 9:43 AM |
bara wrote: next question:
when do i have to set a comma? i never understood this..
The basic way to think about non technically is, if you are seaparting thoughts or if you would naturally pause or take a breath.
Commas are used to spearate item in a list, but not the last item. they are also used to separate the adjectival clause or phrase out from a sentence or i could go on but it is really boring! |
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Hanne Posted Tue 15 Jan, 2008 9:56 AM |
spid wrote: bara wrote: next question:
when do i have to set a comma? i never understood this..
The basic way to think about non technically is, if you are seaparting thoughts or if you would naturally pause or take a breath.
Commas are used to spearate item in a list, but not the last item. they are also used to separate the adjectival clause or phrase out from a sentence or i could go on but it is really boring!
Ah, commas in English. Very confusing indeed. In Danish, there are some specific grammatic rules; you use commas to separate phrases, and a phrase in this case is defined by a subject and a finite verb. Quite simple. However, in English classes in school, we were always told to just add fewer commas than we would in Danish lol
Then I came to uni, and suddenly there was a whole set of rather confusing, grammatical rules on how to put commas in sentences! |
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spid Posted Tue 15 Jan, 2008 10:12 AM |
Hanne wrote: spid wrote: bara wrote: next question:
when do i have to set a comma? i never understood this..
The basic way to think about non technically is, if you are seaparting thoughts or if you would naturally pause or take a breath.
Commas are used to spearate item in a list, but not the last item. they are also used to separate the adjectival clause or phrase out from a sentence or i could go on but it is really boring!
Ah, commas in English. Very confusing indeed. In Danish, there are some specific grammatic rules; you use commas to separate phrases, and a phrase in this case is defined by a subject and a finite verb. Quite simple. However, in English classes in school, we were always told to just add fewer commas than we would in Danish lol
Then I came to uni, and suddenly there was a whole set of rather confusing, grammatical rules on how to put commas in sentences!
English is a terrible language and is taught really badly in the grammaticla sense because even the teachers get confused; even if you follow the rules (if you can make sense of them) there are so many exceptions it makes your head spin. The msot basic rule (and even this doesn't work all the time) is that if you can leave out that which is inside two commas and the sentence still makes sense you've got it right. I've got books about the stuff but it really is quite boring and dry stuff. |
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bara Posted Tue 15 Jan, 2008 10:26 AM |
thanks. exactly thats the problem. i had a great english teacher but even she couldnt say it 100% if "there" should be a comma or not. i think in english you just should make if you think its right.
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we were taught that everyone will understand even if we dont set commas.. ?!
thanks for the fast answers
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Lemon Grinner Posted Tue 15 Jan, 2008 11:49 AM |
Neither is right, coz it's FOOTBALL, not soccer.
=P |
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Gladly (the cross-eyed bear) Posted Tue 15 Jan, 2008 11:54 AM |
Lemon Grinner wrote: Neither is right, coz it's FOOTBALL, not soccer.
=P
AYE EXACTLY!!!!!! |
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spid Posted Tue 15 Jan, 2008 12:02 PM |
Lemon Grinner wrote: Neither is right, coz it's FOOTBALL, not soccer.
=P
yep - right on dude - i missed that one! |
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bara Posted Tue 15 Jan, 2008 12:43 PM |
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ricv64 Posted Tue 15 Jan, 2008 1:16 PM |
Lemon Grinner wrote: Neither is right, coz it's FOOTBALL, not soccer.
=P
you mean fut boll .
comma is used for an apositive , right ?
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baby faced woman Posted Tue 15 Jan, 2008 1:49 PM |
After all....
Which sport do you like, tennis or soccer( football)?
This is the right sentence,huh? :)
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Gladly (the cross-eyed bear) Posted Tue 15 Jan, 2008 1:54 PM |
baby faced woman wrote: After all....
Which sport do you like, tennis or soccer( football)?
This is the right sentence,huh? :)
Correct. |
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