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syoshioka99
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 Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 12:12 pm Post subject: might be a subtle question but... |
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D  O  U  L  O  V  E  J  A  P  A  N  ? 
I am a teacher for high school kids here in Japan. I as a nonnative speaker of English, would like to know the correct answer.
His old fishing rod reminded him of the last time he had gone fishing, eight years (back/before/ago), with Mary.
Which would be a correct word to put in ( )?
(My guessing is that "back" and "before" would be....Right?)
Satoru
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lotus
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| Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 12:32 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Satoru,
High school students are a tough crowd.
I would go with "ago", replace "had gone" with "went", put Mary closer to "fishing", and cut out one comma.
His old fishing rod reminded him of the last time he went fishing with Mary, eight years ago.
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syoshioka99
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| Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2006 9:22 pm Post subject: Thank you lotus! |
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Yes, they always sort of give me lots of subtle quesitons which I sometimes find difficult to answer.
So... I can't put "before" in this sentence, can I???
His old fishing rod reminded him of the last time he had gone fishing, eight years (back/before/ago), with Mary.
Satoru
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