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less striker or less str...　by Haru - 2010/03/23(Tue) 20:42 No.147

Dear English Bell teachers,

Good day!
Please let me know which is gramatically correct.

1.Mr. White is less stricter than Mrs. Smith.
2.Mr. White is less strict than Mrs. Smith.

Yours,
Haru

Re: less striker or less...　Good day Haru - 2010/03/25(Thu) 08:29 No.149

Good day Haru!

Let me go straight to the point ok?

The correct one is

Mr. White is less strict than Mrs. Smith.

LESS- is a quantifier. When you use a quantifier the adjective is always on its positive or base form and not on its comparative form.

Good Day
===michelle==

Re: less striker or less...　Haru - 2010/04/07(Wed) 11:03 No.150

Michelle,

Thank you very much for your answer. I now understand!

Yours,
Haru

Questions 　by Haru - 2010/03/19(Fri) 09:09 No.141

Hello! Thank you very very much for answering all my questions. It helps me a lot.

The teacher asked me"what do you like doing on a rainy day?" during the lesson. I wanted to answer "I like reading a book with a cup of coffee on a rainy day". But since I wasn't sure if it was a correct sentence, I didn't answer this way. My questions here are:
1. Is this sentence "I like reading a book with a cup of coffee" correct? Should I say "I like reading a book over a cup of coffee?"
2. Can I say "I like to read a book" instead of "I like reading a book".

Re: Questions 　Good day Haru - 2010/03/19(Fri) 14:27 No.142

Good Day Haru!!!
I'll go straight to the point ok?

1. Is this sentence "I like reading a book with a cup of coffee"= INCORRECT.

If you mean 2 actions happening at thesame time..You should say instead, I LIKE READING A BOOK WHILE HAVING COFFEE.

2. "I like reading a book over a cup of coffee?"
This one is correct. OVER has a lot of usage, and one of those is;

A. over as 'during'

During something, or while doing something:

'I'll read the report over the weekend.'

We can discuss this over lunch.

2. Can I say "I like to read a book" instead of "I like reading a book".=NO YOU CAN'T.

One very important thing that you need to remember in sentence construction is PARALLELISM. to know more please visit our 1 POINT LESSON corner it's in the 3rd page.

the question "what do you like DOING on a rainy day?" is in a present progressive form..therefore you have to use the same tense of the verb in the answer, so you say, I like READING a book.

Thank you again Haru for posting such.
Have a good day

==michelle===

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Re: Questions 　Haru - 2010/03/20(Sat) 16:09 No.143

Dear Michelle,

Thank you very much for such a detailed explanation! I really appreciate it.

I visited the one point lesson corner you mentioned and it helped me understand the parallelism too.

Do you mean the answer "I like READING a book" is incorrect in a parallelism point of view because the answer doesn't align with the question "What do you LIKE DOING?"? When the question is "What do you LIKE TO DO?", should the answer be "I LIKE TO READ a book" then?

Haru

Re: Questions 　Good day Haru - 2010/03/20(Sat) 16:56 No.144

Glad I could help Haru.

If the question goes like;

A: "What do you LIKE DOING?
the answer should be
B: I like READING a book.

but if the question goes like;

A: What do you like to DO?
then the answer should be
B: I like to READ a book.

hope I made it clear.
enjoy your weekend.

====michelle===

Re: Questions 　Haru - 2010/03/20(Sat) 21:32 No.146

Michelle,

Thank you! Now I understand. Thank you for letting me know about "parallelism". Have a great weekend!

Haru

In the street　by Haru - 2010/03/15(Mon) 09:12 No.138

Hello! I encountered the phrase "in the street" in DME lesson. What's the difference between "in the street" and "on the street"?

Re: In the street　Good day Haru - 2010/03/17(Wed) 07:58 No.139

You can say on the street or in the street, depending on what you mean.

=If you say in the street=

The kids are playing right in the middle of the street, where a car could hit them, if one came.

=If you say on the street=

The kids are probably playing next to the street, but not in the place where the cars go. Maybe they are playing on the sidewalk.

Re: In the street　Haru - 2010/03/19(Fri) 09:03 No.140

Thank you Micheal. I now understande the difference.

Re: In the street　Good day Haru - 2010/03/20(Sat) 16:57 No.145

Pleasure's mine.

Pronounciation　by Haru - 2010/03/10(Wed) 12:00 No.135

Hello! I have a question about pronounciation of "ant" and "aunt". Are they same pronounciation in American English? I am looking forward to hearing your answer!

Re: Pronounciation　Good day Haru - 2010/03/11(Thu) 13:40 No.136

Yes Haru..they have the same pronunciation in American english. You pronounce the letter "A" in both words in the same way as the letter "A" sound in the word "At". So you say, ANT, AUNT , AT. they have the same "A" sound.

But British English has a different pronunciation of AUNT. They pronounce it as /AHNT/ with the letter "A" having the same sound as the letter "A" in the word "ARM". So they say. AUNT, ARM with the same "A" sound.

In American English ANT and AUNT are HOMONYMS.

HOMONYMS means, words with the same pronunciation but of completely different meanings.

Hope I made it clear.
Good day
==michelle==

Re: Pronounciation　Haru - 2010/03/14(Sun) 11:29 No.137

Dear Michelle,

Thank you so much for answering my questions all the time. I really appreciate it. Now I understand. The letter "a" in "aunt" and "and" has the same pronounciation as the letter "a" in apple.

Have a great day!

Haru

Is this sentence sounds ...　by Haru - 2010/03/01(Mon) 12:10 No.129

Today the teacher told me "I haven't seen you for a while". Then, I told her "It is getting hard to take your lessons these days, because your slots are always full. I am glad I am managed to take your lesson today" Is my answer to her sound natural? If it is awkward, I would appreciate if you correct them.
Thank you!

Re: Is this sentence sou...　Good day Haru - 2010/03/02(Tue) 09:25 No.132

Glad to hear from you again Haru.

the first half of your given answer is good. The 2nd half .. let me edit it.

1st you don't say I AM MANAGED but I MANAGED. so you say I'm glad I managed to take your lesson today.

Or you can say ;

Your time slot is always jam packed, I'm glad I was able to book your class today.

Your schedule is always fully booked, I'm glad I managed to have your class today.

Hope you learn something today.
til next time

--michelle--

Re: Is this sentence sou...　Haru - 2010/03/04(Thu) 09:22 No.133

Dear Michelle,

Thank you! Now it is clear. I can use this sentence next time in the class.

Thank you!

Haru

Pleasure's mine!　Good day Haru - 2010/03/04(Thu) 10:45 No.134

I'm glad I was able to clear things up Haru. Keep them coming.

====michelle==

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