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Which are correct: 1) You have to be able to criticize yourself and understand that certain of your opinions might be wrong. Things aren't so just because you say they are so. 2) You have to be able to criticize yourself and understand that certain of your opinions might be wrong. Things aren't thus...

Which are correct: 1) They gave me this van to carry my belongings in. 2) They gave me this van to carry my belongings. 3) They gave me this van for carrying my belongings. 4) They gave me this van for carrying my belongings in. 5) They gave me a van to carry my belongings in. 6) They gave me a van ...

1) I am not happy about what is happening with the police in this country.

Could that sentence mean:
I am not happy about what the police is doing in this country.

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Navi

Which are correct:

1) They were talking about their city Paris.
2) They were talking about their city, Paris.

3) Her husband Tom was there.
4) Her husband, Tom, was there.

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Navi

Which are correct:

1) She has so many dresses you won't believe it.
2) She has so many dresses you won't believe.

3) She has so many dresses, you won't believe it.
4) She has so many dresses, you won't believe.


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Navi

Are these sentences correct: 1) I do not agree with everything somebody writes, no matter who that person is. 2) I do not agree with everything anybody writes. 3) I do not agree with everything somebody else writes, no matter who that person is. 4) I do not agree with everything anybody else writes....

Is this sentence correct:

1) She had a flower in each hand, which she was going to give to her mother and her aunt.
(one to the mother and one to the aunt)

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Navi.

Are these sentences correct: 1) I want a car. I want it new and not pricey. 2) I wanted my shirt clean. 3) I wanted my shirt clean and my hands not oily. 4) I wanted my shirt clean and my hands not all covered in oil. 5) I wanted my head clear and my ears not full of that buzzing noise. Gratefully, ...

1) Smart as he is, he will find the solution to that problem in minutes.

Does this mean:

a) He will find the solution to that problem in minutes, because he is smart.
b) Given how smart he is, he will find the solution to that problem in minutes.

Gratefully,
Navi

Thank you very much, and my apologies, Bobinwales, The question is basically about the meaning of the three sentences. If I said : 2a) He walked over the hill. would that mean: a) He crossed the hill. or: b) He walked around on the hill. or would the meaning be ambiguous? With 'it' there are new pos...

1) It went over the hill. 2) It walked over the hill. 3) It moved over the hill. In which case: a) It goes from one side of the hill to the other. b) It moves about on the hill. c) The movement takes place above the hill and from one side to the other. d) The movement takes place above the hill, bu...

Can one use: 1) Too many friends will keep you from doing your work. instead of: 2) Having too many friends will keep you from doing your work. Can one use: 3) Many friends will keep you from doing your work. instead of: 4) Having many friends will keep you from doing your work. I don't think '3' wo...

Thank you both very much, Would any of them work in the singular: 1a) Whichever of us gets there first will talk to the manager. 2a) Whichever one of us gets there first will talk to the manager. 3a) Whoever of us gets there first will talk to the manager. 4a) Whichever one gets there first will tal...

Which are correct: 1) Whichever of us get there first will talk to the manager. 2) Whichever ones of us get there first will talk to the manager. 3) Whoever of us get there first will talk to the manager. 4) Whichever ones get there first will talk to the manager. 5) Whichever get there first will t...

Which are correct with the given meanings: 1) If you think they might do anything about this, you are wrong. Meaning; If you think they will do something - no matter what - about this, you are wrong. 2) How about doing anything to help them? 3) How about doing anything at all to help them? Meaning: ...