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1) Does it sound odd to say to a flight attendant "Are we going to get there soon?" or "Will it be much longer before we get there?"
Not at all. Those are good questions to ask.
2) Can you say "Turn the TV down a little" You turned the TV up/down too much/little"? Can you use too much/little here?"Turn the tv down a little" is fine, it's used very casually. For the later sentences, I would switch it to - "You've turned it up too much," "You hardly turned it up," "you barely turned it up." ------ "too little" sounds very awkward, and I would switch "the TV" simply to "it."
3) Should I say "How do we go back home? In fact/Actually , how did we EVEN get here AT ALL?" or "In fact/Actually, how did we EVER get here AT ALL?That's fine, "how do we get back home" is a little better. All the other forms of the sentences you're using are fine, it really depends on how you're trying to portray your message. I would go with "In fact, how did we even get here at all." ---- I wouldn't use "ever" here.
4) Does it sound odd to say "Scientists may have years and years pass without them publishing anything"?A bit, try - "It could/may take years for scientists to ever publish anything," or (trying to make it sound more like your original statement) "scientists could have years pass by without them publishing anything"
0 votedMarch 30, 20170Grammar exercises.....
When i was young i lived in a by the countryside with my family.I was playeding for almost all of the day with a neighbor. He had was the same age of as me . I remembered that he came everyday after school, we had just only a ball or a bicycle to play with. Several times we watched cartoons with my brother. We messed up my dad’s vegetables garden a lot of several times with my ball; often, I had to hide because he became would become very angry! I had lived there for five years, then my parents bought a new house and we had to moved . Unfortunately I haven’t seen my friend anymore even though we grow grew up in the same village. Lately previously whilst (ok, "whilst" is fine, but nobody ever uses it. It's better to use "while" here) I was walking with my dog I saw him. We had a nice conversation after several years. We laughed and we reminded ourselves of our youth. I would come back if I could….! He gave me his address and said i can visit him and his parents any time.I think i will accept his invitation !!0 votedMarch 30, 20172Email - Say hello to everyone (Hello Everyone)
My name is Taru, It is my pleasure to join XXXXX.
I just started working in the XX division as a customer service (title of position, ie: customer service representative) from yesterday.
XX This is my second full time job , but i still lack of experience to working in a big company.
As a new member, I think there must have be a lot of things I don’t understand at this moment.
I will try my best in XX , I hope everyone can see my improvement in the future.
Thank you for your attention.
Best Regards,0 votedMay 18, 20162I pasted my comment below because the spacing is better:
I wouldn't say any of these are formal or informal, they're simply idioms; however, I wouldn't use "drone on," toward a boss. I'm unsure of the phrasing for that, but it's implying that you either want the person to keep talking, or they're talking too much.
pitch an idea - common
drone on - very rare, it makes sense but I don't think you'd hear it
speak on the fly - fairly common
at a loss for words - very common
went to the interview blind - very common
ramp up skills - not at all common, although I would say I understood it (this is also a phrase that I'm not sure of, but I made some meaning out of it so I won't dismiss it).
putting a person on the defensive - this is a weird one. It seems more sports related, but I would say you can use it. Perhaps "I put him on the defense, " or "I made him defensive;" I'm not sure.
0 votedMay 18, 20161- For the last two sentences, the one with "there is no" is completely wrong. "There isn't," works best and I would substitute that sentence with the title sentence because the use of "any" at the end is redundant. The use of "just now," seemed fine but I would also replace that with "a moment ago" because it doesn't quite flow well with the second part of the sentence. Hope this helps.0 votedMay 18, 20160
