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Some English grammar questions I would like to ask :) 1) Do you think which one best fits in the following sentence between “accessible” and “familiar”? It is highly recommended that some revisions be made to the manual to make it more ________ to those who are not accustomed to it. 2) In the event you need extra help, feel free to contact me directly. Is it okay here without the word “if” before “you need extra help” in the above sentence? 3) Contracted laborers at Wendy Incorporated accrue sick leave credits at the rate of one per quarter. What does the above sentence mean? Please simplify it. 4) Mercury differs from other industrial metals in that it is a liquid. In the above sentence, ‘in that’ means ‘because’, right? And is it common to use? 6) In the following sentence, do you think which one I should fill in the blank between ‘have’ and ‘had’? And why? All children remember times when they _______been disappointed with themselve

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1. accessible 2. It is okay without "if", but you need "which" or "that": In the event that you need extra help, feel free to contact me directly. It is okay to say "in the event you need extra help" when speaking, but you need "which or "that" when writing. (I am a British English speaker. A US English speaker may answer differently.) 3. When you "accrue" something, you receive more of it over a long period of time. The word is used to talk about business or money. "Sick leave credits" describes time you can take off if you are unwell. We do not have this in the UK, so I cannot tell you a lot. Sorry! "per quarter" means "per quarter of a year". In other words, every 3 months. "Workers with a contract at Wendy's Incorporated receive sick leave credits. Workers receive one extra sick leave credit per quarter." 4. Yes. It is formal, and is often used in academic writing. 5/6. "Have". This verb tense is called the "present perfect continuous". It is a present tense because the children are disappointed now with how they acted in the past. The ""present perfect continuous" tense is formed like this: [has/have + been + present participle] ~~~~~~~~~~~ Is my answer clear? Would you like it explained a different way?
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1) accessible 2) no. 3) People who work at (the restaurant) Wendy's earn 1 unit of sick leave every 3 months. (Sick leave is the ability to call in sick for work and not get in trouble. It's usually unpaid. "1 unit" is a predetermined number of days, but they don't tell us how many.) 4)"in that" is used to mean "to the extent that", like saying "insofar as" (here's a link for "insofar as" http://grammarist.com/words/insofar/) 5)"have been" this is a present perfect because it's not referring to a specific, completed instance.

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