How Good Is Your English Grammar Continued?
Looking for a bit of fun?
Here are sentences I hear again and again. Would you like to try and correct them, and then send them to me? I’ll get back to you as soon as I can.
1. We’ll make a pause before we get back to work.
2. Please remember me to send him an email.
3. We will see us on Friday at 2pm.
4. I will hand in the report until Wednesday.
5. My office is in the near of the town centre.
Good luck!
Dear Christine! Thank you so much!!! I ll try: We’ll make a break…. Please remind me… We ‘ll see us Friday … I will hand over or deliver (?) …. My office is next to … all the best, Marlen
Dear Marlen, Great that you’ve posted your corrections here.
Here are my comments:
3. We will (or we’ll) meet on Friday (we don’t say “see us”!)
4. hand in / hand over / deliver … by Wednesday (at the latest)
5. … is near the town centre (“next to” means “neben”, which I feel is even closer to the town centre than “near”.
Does that all make sense?
All the best, Christine
Hi Christine!
My correction is:
1. We‘ll have a break before we …
2.Please remind me to send …
3. We‘ll meet on Friday …
4. I ‘ll hand in the report on Friday.
5. My office is next to the …
Have a nice day!
Gabi
Hi Gabi, Great that you’ve posted your corrections here. There are only two little things I’d like to point out:
4. There’s a difference if I have to hand in a report “on Friday” or “by Friday (at the latest)”.
5. And there’s a difference if my office is “next to” or “near ” (but not “in the near of”) the town centre.
Does that make sense?
Enjoy your day, too!
Christine