2012-08-17

Practicing with sentences

The year before, They had beaten West Germany 7 to 1 in Wembley.

Your fellow belarusian won a gold medal, they are a team with another guy whom I don't remember the name. They played very well, they are the best of them all.

I can't walk and chewing gum at the same time.
Which would it be your first stop?

I can not never understand their way of being.
Well, some people are kind and sympathetic, but others are really weird though.

So, you have few time for vacations remainig(or left?)

In February, 500 students applied to study at that university but, only 6 months later we were only fifty good students remaining.
The first year is like a "filter?" since it is all for free, only good students can continue.
Even if you are a good student if you get tired, then you don't stand a chance.
Despite they are very young, they are quite mature.

4 comments:

  1. The year before, they had beaten West Germany 7 to 1 in Wembley.

    Your fellow Belarusian won a gold medal. They are a team with another guy OF whom I don't remember the name. (better: another guy whose name I don't remember)

    I can't walk and CHEW gum at the same time.

    Which would [] be your first stop?

    I can [] never understand their way of being.

    So, you have LITTLE time for vacations remainiNg/left. (both OK) "Few" is only for countable nouns.

    In February, 500 students applied to study at that university but, only 6 months later we were only fifty good students remaining. (better: ...later there were only 50 of us good students...)

    The first year is like a filter since it is all for free, only good students can continue.

    Even if you are a good student, if you get tired, then you don't stand a chance.

    Despite THAT they are very young, they are quite mature.

    Good practice.

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  2. Gracias Matt, es re difícil la diferencia entre "whom" y "whose", siempre me cuesta eso, he!

    What about this ending:
    ...only 6 months later fifty good students remained.

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  3. Yes, that's fine. Here's a tidbit that might help you with whom vs. whose. The relationship between "who" and "whom" is exactly the same as the relationship between "he" and "him". So, for example, the sentence "I spoke to him" can be changed to "I spoke to whom?"

    Another thing about "whom" is that it is dying. Many young people don't know how to use it at all -- they always use "who" instead. On the other hand, "whose" (cuyo) is alive and well.

    In short, you can almost forget about "whom". "Whose" is the much more common word.

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  4. Gracias por la ayuda, me voy a acordar de olvidar "whom", hehe.
    bye.

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