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drifted away from Hong Kong to Australia, been studying, learning, adapting, working there for almost a decade. still in the long way of making my English as close as to the English-speaker's
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    how do i interpret "if i may/might.."? i am in middle of learning conditional sentences with modal verbs. i get struck when i come across the example as given in the topic of my question. if i may suggest, Mary should be in charge of the project of X'mas parade than anyone here as she has more experience in handling such event.
    December 26, 2011
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    err.......for better and best explanations, please refer to your dictionary, no offense, because these words you are asking are not commonly used in daily English.
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    December 24, 2011
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    help me on understanding "no sooner" in this sentence "Alfred set his alarm clock to ring at six in the morning because he wanted to get up early. it seemed to him that he no sooner (go) to sleep than the alarm (ring)..." can any body help to explain to me what the 2nd sentence means with the phrase "no sooner"?, and For the words in bracket, can you replace them with the correct form of the verbs? thank you n appreciated
    December 22, 2011
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    actually, it would be better off to ask English native speakers, if possible, they can give you an more accurate explanation. i do not think i have answered your question, for which i am sorry.
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    December 10, 2011
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    after having killed many cells of my brain, i would say "the meanings of 'until' and 'before' are quite the same in these sentences" but i would prefer to use until in sentence 2 as it sounds "more natural" to me.
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    December 10, 2011
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    also, same feeling with the 2nd sentence, if you ask me, i would put it this way, "i can hardly complete the task until/before the deadline", since a deadline is an end of time. by the way, i do not know why i always feel strange when reading 2nd sentence, no matter how many times i read it, it just does not sound natural to me.
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    December 10, 2011
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    for sentence 1, just trying to re-phrase it since i feel strange when reading it 1) i had not seen snow until i came to Beijing. (correct me if i m wrong)
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    December 10, 2011
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    difference between "pls be noted" & "pls note"? i've been confused by these uses of the word "note" as said in the subject. Search through some websites, some say as below "Please be noted that prices of commodities have changed rapidly. [you are telling the person to be noted that prices of commodities have changed rapidly. (a notice) ] Please note that prices of commodities have changed rapidly. [you are telling the person to note that prices of commodities have changed rapidly. (an order)]" so here i come for opinions, pls tell me Are they both correct in using "note"?, if so what is the difference?
    November 20, 2011
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    miss 想念(e.g. i miss my mother, girlfriend, my high school); think about 关心 和 想着 (e.g. i am thinking about the exam, or the thief who stole my wallet this afternoon in the street)
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    September 4, 2011
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    thank you all for the replies, especially for Luis's and Setan's. i think i understand what you two were trying to say, and from MY point of view, Luis's and Sertan's interpretations of "be to infinitive" of my case are "closely" similar. However, i felt more connected to Luis when he quoted "the element of Fate", which makes me feel that, with the use of "be to infinitive", John and Janet's marriage was somehow planned by (let's say) destiny; whereas sentence #1 sounds to give extra information about the two.
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    September 3, 2011
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