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- I don't want to stop you speaking as it is better to speak with mistakes and be understood than not to speak at all . Just as a beginning , let me make a few corrections. Today, I'm feeling more confiDent ( not confiant) " in writing ,reading and speaking " .. ( unlike in many languages , in English the infinitive "to speak, to write , to read ' is used only in certain cases , whereas ...-ing" is used more frequently . " I like to sing" " " I like singing " can both be correct but I I like to sing has only one possible meaning i.e. that I am doing the singing . The second sentence can mean either than I am doing the singing or that I like it when anyone sings . I like singing, I like ice cream , I like Shakira. . I don't like instrumental music , but I like singing . I like to hear the human voice .0 votedMarch 6, 20170
Well, I don't have a grammar text which can give you general rules on the use of these prepositions . However, in general , when we are talking about locations are to be part of something "in" usually meanings "inside" " " I am in the school." " He was in the army " . "At" tends to be less specific about the exact location . " I am at the office " means that I am there generally , whereas " I am in the office" would be more specific about the location . In practice , it would mean the same thing. If I said, " I am at the hospital , now . " I would mean that I have just arrived there " at " the location . " I am in the hospital ,now" would mean that I am inside the building - but again you could use either to mean more or less the same thing. There are so many idioms with "in" and "at" that the best rule is to memorize .
You also use "in" with times of day " in the morning/evening/ afternoon" but " at dawn " , " at sunset" ; In October/winter/autumn
" In " the next sentence would be correct; "at the next sentence -incorrect" . He is at the football match vs He is in the football match - big difference - 1) means he is at the stadium 2) means he is playing in the game .
"On" is a lot easier . Since we are talking only about "in" ,"at" or "on" as used for locations, "on" refers the placement of something above or on top of something else . The hat is on your head , The food is on the table . The cat is on the bed .
Again, "on" has many other idiomatic uses " on vacation " .
Last one, "in time" , "on time" , " at times" .- They say that Mussolini made the trains run on time . ( they were never late .) Am I in time for the start of the game ? i.e. am I late or not? At times you make me crazy ! ( Sometimes /from time to time.)
0 votedMarch 5, 20170I agree with everything you wrote EXCEPT that I would use "since" in more situations than just those having to do with time . It doesn't sound wrong to me to say " I want to go to that party , since I know that movie stars will be there."
Another mistake native speakers frequently make is " '.... the reason for that is because etc...
0 votedMarch 5, 20170- Glad you are having such a good time ! I will add a few different comments . Holiday is the most common word used in Britain for a vacation and in the US we would say " a good vacation" UNLESS you are talking about a one day or one week festival such as Christmas or the New Year . For example , we just had Thanksgiving (one day ) in the US. I could say "I had a good holiday." A British person would likely say ," We spent our summer holidays in Spain" and an American would say " We spent our summer vacation in Spain." We also would not capitalize Holiday . So, you can say we are having a good holiday to a Briton , but it would sound a little odd to an American if it was not a special holiday . What do you mean " shawls that look like doll houses" ? I can't imagine that . Do you mean a " shawl" - a large scarf that you wrap around your shoulders - or something else? Or , do you mean that they had large shawls with pictures of dollhouses on them ? What do you mean by " the sun is perfect " ? Do you mean that the weather is just the way you like it , that it is sunny rather than cloudy , that the weather is just warm enough , but not too warm ? I might say " the sky is blue and it is very sunny" or "the sky is blue and the weather is perfect" . It would be preferable to say "the dunes along the coast". "Me and my sister" is very colloquial and is perfectly OK but "my sister and I " is something I would be more likely to say when I am saying a whole sentence . On the other hand , if someone were to ask " Who is coming to dinner ? I might be more likely to say " Me and my sister" or " just my sister and me " than " My sister and I " because " my sister and I " would sound too formal and fussy . You did very well .0 votedNovember 29, 20160
