probe-probed-probed /around this spring every year./1910s
1. Are these sentences natural? If not, please give me some corrections.
I have probed for understanding.
They probed all around the local area yesterday.
They probe abyss.
2. Is it okay to use "around this spring every year" in this sentence?
Cherry blossoms bloom around this spring every year.
3.How can I read 2/3? Is it okay to read 2/3 as 'two to three' or 'two out of three'?
4.How can I pronounce 1910s and 1920s? Is it correct to pronounce them as nineteen-decades or nineteen-tens(1910s) and nineteen-twenties(1920s)?
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1. "I have looked for understanding."
"They probed all around the local area yesterday." [the 느낌 the word "probe" implies here is that they were looking very hard and closely for the smallest of details...)
They probe abyss. --->>> ???
2. Is it okay to use "around this time of year as Spring comes around" in this sentence?
Cherry blossoms bloom around this time of year as Spring comes around.
3.How can I read 2/3? Is it okay to read 2/3 as 'two to three' or 'two out of three'? -->> it's read as "two-thirds" - i know in it'd be "삼분에 이" ^_^
4.How can I pronounce 1910s and 1920s? Is it correct to pronounce them as nineteen-decades or nineteen-tens(1910s) and nineteen-twenties(1920s)? - you want to read them as "nineteen-tens and nineteen-twenties"
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