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Crisi
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 Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 12:01 am Post subject: either this or that |
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Could you help me transform this sentence:
In the evenings we either play games together or we go out to a club
as well as eat something in a restaurant.
I would write something like:
In the evenings we either stay in and play games together or we go out to a club or restaurant.
Now I don't know where I should place the "eat something".
I'd really appreciate your help. |
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Lorikeet
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| Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 11:22 pm Post subject: Re: either this or that |
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| Crisi wrote: |
Could you help me transform this sentence:
In the evenings we either play games together or we go out to a club
as well as eat something in a restaurant.
I would write something like:
In the evenings we either stay in and play games together or we go out to a club or restaurant.
Now I don't know where I should place the "eat something".
I'd really appreciate your help. |
In the evenings we either stay in and play games together or we go out to a club and then eat something in a restaurant. (if you eat after the club.)
In the evenings we either stay in and play games together or we go out to a club or eat in a restaurant. |
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Crisi
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| Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 1:14 am Post subject: Thank you! |
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After sleeping over it, I had the following idea:
In the evening we play some games together or we go out either to a club or eat something in a restaurant. (assuming that they don't eat after going to a club)
Should work, shouldn't it? |
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Lorikeet
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| Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 7:04 am Post subject: Re: Thank you! |
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| Crisi wrote: |
After sleeping over it, I had the following idea:
In the evening we play some games together or we go out either to a club or eat something in a restaurant. (assuming that they don't eat after going to a club)
Should work, shouldn't it? |
By the way, "After sleeping on it" would be better than "After sleeping over it"
I would prefer either of the following, which sound more balanced to me:
In the evening we play some games together or we go out either to a club or to eat something in a restaurant. (I guess the "to" makes it sound more balanced to me because one is a noun and the other isn't.)
In the evening we play some games together or we go out to a club or eat something in a restaurant.
These sentences means they don't do both things on the same day (going to a club and eating in a restaurant). |
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Crisi
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| Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 10:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Thank you very much, Lorikeet! |
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