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missdaredevil



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PostPosted: Sat Feb 19, 2005 7:17 am    Post subject: Anything wrong with the sentence, or too lengthy? Reply with quote

I went to interview for a temporary job as a interpreter at the American Education Fair.

Anything wrong with the sentence, or too lengthy?

Thanks
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bud



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PostPosted: Sat Feb 19, 2005 10:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

It's not too long. One small typo/mistake: an interpreter
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helen1



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PostPosted: Sun Feb 20, 2005 7:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Aha Bud you missed one - she says in a very superior voice (whilst knowing Bud will shoot her down in flames yet again when a USvsUK English question emerges)

I went toaninterview for a temporary job as an interpreter at the American Education Fair.

Helen[/quote]
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bud



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PostPosted: Sun Feb 20, 2005 11:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hey helen!

Nice to see you in here again. I saw in another post that you've been very busy. I hope it's all going very well for you.

Interesting, Helen. We can use "to interview" as a verb. Is that not true in British English? But we can also use "interview" as a noun, so your version is also correct in American English.

On another note, I have been keeping my ear c-o-c-k-e-d for that issue of differences in stress of multi-sylable words. I can only remember one (several others have the prefix "con-," but I can't dredge any of them up).

combatant - Is it true that you would say COM-bah-tant? We would say com-BAT-ant.

Be well. Hope you get your life back soon! Smile
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