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Could you check my sentences, please ? -34 Could you please check the sentences stated below?

If there are mistakes, please correct them.

1. They hauled the full monty out of the warehouse.

2. I know a smattering of jurisprudence.

3. Please note that your use of the phone is intrinsically confined to business calls.

4. Reports of anorexia and bulimic are on the increase.

5. The painter's depictions of the horror of war is surreal.

6. He was a tall, austere, forbidding figure but actually was very suave and sophisticated.

7. He took a vow to abstain from his lustful hunger for young women.

8. Yeah, we could leave later - I'm cool with that.

I really appreciate your help.

Etsuko

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Could you check my sentences, please ? -34

Could you please check the sentences stated below?

If there are mistakes, please correct them.

1. They hauled the full monty out of the warehouse.

They hauled "a lot" "a ton" would be more natural. 

2. I know a smattering of jurisprudence.

This is an awkward sentence, but grammatically correct.  I think "I know a bit about the legal system" or "I know a bit about the law" makes more sense. Depends on context. 

3. Please note that your use of the phone is intrinsically confined to business calls.

"Please note that the use of the phone is only for business calls" is more natural

4. Reports of anorexia and bulimic bulimia are on the increase.

Difference is, "she has bulimia" and "she is bulimic"  Bulimia is a noun, bulimic is an adjective. 

5. The painter's depictions of the horror of war is surreal.

This is okay

6. He was a tall, austere, forbidding figure but actually was very suave and sophisticated.

okay 

7. He took a vow to abstain from his lustful hunger for young women.

Okay, but what is the context of these sentences??

8. Yeah, we could leave later - I'm cool with that.

Okay! 

I really appreciate your help.

Etsuko


Well done overall :D 

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1. They hauled the full monty out of the warehouse. (This sentence is correct, but "full monty" is a British phrase that many Americans may not be familiar with. The American equivalent would be "the works," or just simply "everything.")

2. I know a smattering of jurisprudence.

3. Please note that your use of the phone is intrinsically confined to business calls. (While "intrinsically" technically works here, it is a quite formal word that you won't hear often. In this sentence, I think you mean it to mean "essentially," which might be a better substitute.)

4. Reports of anorexia and bulimic are on the increase.

5. The painter's depictions of the horror of war are surreal. (Since the "is" is referring to the word "depictions" here, it must be in its plural form "are" because "depictions" is also plural.)

6. He was a tall, austere, forbidding figure. but actually was very suave and sophisticated.

7. He took a vow to abstain from his lustful hunger for young women.

8. Yeah, we could leave later - I'm cool with that. (You could also substitute "can" for "could" here if you wanted to.)

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