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stevenukd
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 Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 9:55 pm Post subject: BEAUTIFUL WORK! |
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Dear Teachers,
1.� This is my wife-to-be / husband-to-be / boyfriend-to-be / girlfriend-to-be.
-Is this natural?
2.When your friend has finished something successfully, and you give him or her a compliment by saying the sentences below, right? Or are there any other ways to say?
-good job!
-Well-done!
-Beautiful work!
3.-The refusing my love of her really hurts me so much.
-The refusing my love of her is really so painful to me.
-The refusing my love of her is a big pain to me.
-Are these natural?
4. Although we can�t be lovers, but we�ll still be good friends.
5. I hope someday she�ll be touched by my love and accepts my true love.
-Are 4 & 5 natural to say?
Thanks a lot to Teachers,
Stevenukd |
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pavilion
Joined: 09 Mar 2006
Posts: 75
Location: US
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| Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 10:28 pm Post subject: Re: BEAUTIFUL WORK! |
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| stevenukd wrote: |
1.� This is my wife-to-be / husband-to-be / boyfriend-to-be / girlfriend-to-be.
-Is this natural? |
The first two are right, but it is much more common to hear "fianc�e" and "fianc�", respectively. The latter two are awkward, because, unlike marriage, you don't propose to someone to become a boyfriend/girlfriend. They either are, or aren't.
| stevenukd wrote: |
2.When your friend has finished something successfully, and you give him or her a compliment by saying the sentences below, right? Or are there any other ways to say?
-good job!
-Well-done!
-Beautiful work! |
All of these are good.
| stevenukd wrote: |
3.-The refusing my love of her really hurts me so much.
-The refusing my love of her is really so painful to me.
-The refusing my love of her is a big pain to me.
-Are these natural? |
No, these are incorrect. A natural way to say it would be, "Her rejecting me hurts me so much.", or "Her rejection of my love is painful."
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| 4. Although we can�t be lovers, but we�ll still be good friends. |
Close. "Although we can't be lovers, we can still be good friends" is better.
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5. I hope someday she�ll be touched by my love and accepts my true love.
-Are 4 & 5 natural to say?
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"I hope someday she�ll be touched by, and accept, my true love" sounds better. |
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