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[luciaC]

1. Autralia is an immence country. This is an immence house. This is a large/huge house. ARe they all correct?

2.White dove is released to stand for the world peace. Can we use stand for?

3. She is small/tiny/miniscule/microscopic. Are they all correct?

4. Did you know that I have slept 4 hours this morning?
Did you know that I have a brother?
Are they correct?

5. I was fast asleep. Does it mean that you fall asleep fast?

6. Can you say " I get up slowly." "Sing excitedly"
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Mimi

[LucentShade]

1) All three are correct, aside from a possible spelling error. I would spell "immence" as "immense," but the British spelling might use a "c." Can anyone help on this?

2) "stand for" is used correctly here to mean "represent." Otherwise, there's just a few issues with articles--English speakers would say

"A white dove is released to stand for * world peace"

or

"White doves are released to stand for * world peace."

* note that there is no article used before "abstract" nouns, things that you can not see or touch. Other nouns like this would be things like beauty, sadness, love, freedom, anger, or (world) hunger.

Examples:
He sacrificed everything for love.
We should do something to stop world hunger.
Freedom comes with responsibilites.

3) All correct.

4) Both correct.

5) "Fast asleep" is an expression that does not have anything to do with the speed of falling asleep. Someone who is fast asleep is very deep in sleep, and waking someone that is fast asleep is hard to do.

6) You can say both of those things. I would say that your use of adverbs in those phrases is actually more correct than the way a lot of English speakers use them.