Hi, could you check these sentences, please?
1) Could you back up a little bit so I can pass? (about car)
2) I wouldn't say that he's standing out with his diligence but he's still a good worker.
3) They can't convict me of the trick because they don't have any clues that I did it.
4) We should value the precious moments that we spend with people whom we love.
5) I don't like something about him but I can't say what exactly. Maybe, he's too fussy.
6) We were exasperated when the announcer broke the news that the plane won't take off at least in several following hours.
7) We want to acquire a house on a riverbank but such houses cost an arm and a leg.
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Hi, could you check these sentences, please?
1) Could you back up a little bit so I can pass? (about car)
Good
2) I wouldn't say that he's standing out with his diligence but he's still a good worker. Good; matter of preference (matter of what the context is. Present progressive v. simple present.)
3) They can't convict me of the trick crime because they don't have any clues that I did it.
If you are trying to say that an act was committed that was against the law, then "crime" is a better word.
4) We should value the precious moments that we spend with the people whom we love.
Definite article needed to define a definite group of people that we are talking about. "The ones we love"
5) I don't like something about him but I can't say what exactly. Maybe, he's too fussy.
Good
6) We were exasperated when the announcer broke the news that the plane won't wouldn't take off for at least in several more following hours.
I believe you just need to make your verbs agree in the past tense here. "Wouldn't" (or 'would not') is past tense of "Will not". Also, when talking about a duration of time, we usually use the word "for" + the time the action took, in English:
Ex:
I walked for 4 hours.
I cooked for 30 minutes.
I biked for 30 minutes at the gym.
7) We want to acquire a house on a riverbank but such houses cost an arm and a leg. Good use of idiom there.
I am not an expert, but those are just some things I noticed. I may not be totally right, but this is a start.
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Hi, could you check these sentences, please?
1) Could you back up a little bit so I can pass get through? (about car)
2) I wouldn't say that he's standing out with his outstandingly diligent but he's still a good worker.
3) They can't convict me of the trick crime because they don't have any clues evidence that I did it.
4) We should value the precious moments that we spend with people whom we love.
5) I don't like something about him but I can't say what exactly. Maybe, he's too fussy.
6) We were exasperated when the announcer broke the news that the plane won't take off in at least in the next several following hours.
7) We want to acquire buy a house on a riverbank but such houses cost an arm and a leg.
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Your English is excellent. Some thoughts:
1) Pass is correct. However, "get past" and "get through" sound more idiomatic.
5) This sentence is very much spoken English. I can almost hear a female main character saying this. Well done.
7) Sometimes simpler is better. "Acquire" is, by all means, correct. However, it sounds unnatural. I would reserve its use for things that you cannot buy or are extremely rare. For example, "he acquired a bad reputation as a troublemaker in school." "I've acquired the legendary sword of Elderwald."
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