Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Chi gentilmente mi aiuta?

Ciao a tutti, chi di voi č cosě gentile da aiutarmi con questo esercizio?
Devo svolgerlo per il corso di inglese ma l'ho trovato parecchio complicato.
"Here are 25 sentences, each of which has one grammatical mistake. Can
you say what is the mistake, and why it is a mistake?
 1. Oh yes, they are married a very long time now.
 2. The stones on that beach are sharp. One ought to wear shoes. Otherwise
one may cut his feet badly.
 3. However hard I try, I can never succeed to arrive before the boss.
 4. We have been introduced to him once upon a time.
 5. He has no one of the charm of his father.
 6. I don't go to the cinema very often nowadays because I use to study
three or four hours every night for the examination next month.
 7. I don't know how to begin to thank you. You are really the most
generous.
 8. In life, a humour is as necessary as health.
 9. That clock, that we had repaired only last week, has stopped again.
10. The doctor said to him to go to bed and stay there.
11. The news are a good deal better this morning.
12. That is the Duke's of Brehtwood castle.
13. He told that he might be a bit late today.
14. This is one of the best films that has ever been made.
15. He is an officer of great courage and who has received many decorations.
16. He deserves his riches because he has worked very hardly all his life.
17. A wet Sunday can be put to good use by doing all the things that we have
been putting off doing.
I8. There's a very good opened last year motel quite near the frontier if
you want to break your journey.
19. No, we shall not go there unless we shall be asked.
20. You know, between you and I, I think he may not be telling the truth.
21. No, sir! I deny it absolutely. I have never and I could never do such a
thing.
22. Nobody liked the meal but I. I thought it very tasty indeed.
23. Being such a miserable morning. I decided to stay in bed.
24. He went neither to the cinema or to the theatre during the whole of last
term.
25. This curry tastes hot, just like it should."
Grazie mille
Fob

you say what is the mistake, and why it is a mistake?
[...]
Che cosa ti aspetti, esattamente? Che qualcuno ti dica, in ognuna
delle 25 frasi che ho tagliato, qual e' l'errore e perche' e' tale?
Questo non e' aiutarti, e' fare l'esercizio al posto tuo. Non ti
sembra un po' troppo comodo?
Prova a farlo da te, e a sottoporre al gruppo le tue ipotesi di
soluzione. 
Ciao,
-- 
Isa
Work like you don't need money,
Love like you've never been hurt,
And dance like no one's watching
http://web.tiscalinet.it/alfabeto_auschwitz/

Isabella ha ragione, pubblico la mia soluzione, chi volesse darmi qualche
consiglio sarebbe il benvenuto.
"Here are 25 sentences, each of which has one grammatical mistake. Can
you say what is the mistake, and why it is a mistake?
 1. Oh yes, they (are married) a very long time now.
have been married
 2. The stones on that beach are sharp. One ought to wear shoes. Otherwise
one may cut his feet badly.
non ne ho la piů pallida idea
 3. (However) hard I try, I can never succeed to arrive before the boss.
even hard i try
 4. We have been introduced to him (once upon a time).
it's been a while
 5. He has (no one) of the charm of his father.
nothing
 6. I don't go to the cinema (very often) nowadays because I use to study
three (or) four hours every night for the examination next month.
very often go....to four
 7. I don't know how to begin to thank you. You are really the most
generous.
?
 8. In life, (a humour) is as necessary as health.
humour
 9. That clock, (that) we had repaired only last week, has stopped again.
we...
10. The doctor (said to him) to go to bed and stay there.
said him
11. The news are a good deal better this morning.
? se capissi cosa significa
12. That is the (Duke's of Brehtwood) castle.
Duke of Brehtwood's castle
13. He told that he might be a bit late today.
?
14. This is one of the best films that has ever been made.
?
15. He is an officer of great courage and who has received many decorations.
?
16. He deserves his riches because he has worked very hardly all his life.
?
17. A wet Sunday can be put to good use by doing all the things that we have
been putting (off doing).
off
I8. There's a very good opened last year motel quite near the frontier if
you want to break your journey.
?
19. No, we shall not go there unless we shall be (asked).
asked for
20. You know, (between you and I), I think he may not be telling the truth.
between me and you
21. No, sir! I deny it absolutely. I have never and I could never do (such a
thing.)
a thing like that
22. (Nobody) liked the meal but I. I thought it very tasty indeed.
no one
23. Being such a miserable morning. I decided to stay in bed.
?
24. He went neither to the cinema (or) to the theatre during the whole of
last term.
nor
25. This curry tastes hot, just like it (should)."
should taste
Fob

should taste
should do, anche, ma entrambe mi sembrano pleonastiche: secondo me non
c'e' niente di sbagliato nella prima...
Facci sapere
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Grazie mille, domattina esporrň al soluzione.
Ciao
Fob

Il problema dovrebbe essere in one che č un soggetto impersonale e quindi
il possessivo che lo segue dovrebbe essere plurale.
In fin dei conti anche le donne posono tagliarsi i piedi.
Quindi  dovrebbe essere Otherwise one may cut their feet badly
Yours
Sal

pappagone2 ha scritto:
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Mi dispiace Sal, qui hai sbagliato anche tu.
"One" č singolare.
Se proprio si deve utilizzare "one" (che non č piů molto usato ormai),
bisogna dire "one may cut one's feet badly".
Piů idiomatico sarebbe "You ought to (o should) wear shoes, otherwise
you may cut your feet badly".
Mary
-- 
" 'Goody Two Shoes' is a great song", said Tom adamantly.
(You have to be *very* old to get this one...)


This is better than 'his', but 'otherwise one may cut *one's*
feet badly' would be best.
J

Facci sapere
Beh, una frase come questa è comune. Pero si dovrebbe usare
'as' invece di 'like' prima una preposizione. Quindi 'just as it
should (do)'.
J

 you may cut your feet badly".
<Il problema è che queste frasi non stanno nè in cielo nè in terra e nessuno
si sentirebbe di usarle.
  Vabbè ho sbagliato ma almeno Julian Anstey sembrava poterla accettare.
  Tu non mi concedi nessun appello ?
Truly yours
Sal

 never have done such a thing. Ma e' solo un'opinione.
Non si potrebbe anche dire: I have never done and I could never do? Forse il
problema è che non si può sottintendere do nella prima coordinata perché è
in un tempo diverso rispetto alla seconda (mia volgarissima illazione).
Cordiali saluti
Arturo