Fragen über die Beispielsätze mit, und die Definition und Benutzung von "Sentence"

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It’s very complicated. I had to read it three times to understand it. People don’t really talk this way – this type of writing is extremely literary.

“It’s not to be supposed“ can be simplified to the more comprehensible modern expression “don’t imagine that… (Something happened)“. Or to put it another way, “it would be wrong to think this“. The speaker is saying that you might potentially imagine that something happened – but it didn’t.

To – take occasion – is an archaic way of saying “took the opportunity to do something“. In all my long life I think I’ve only heard two people use this archaic expression in real life – it is almost entirely confined to books these days.

Refer simply means “to talk about something“

The speaker has used – when provoked – as an interjection to say that the person was provoked, induced to do something. In this case, beating his friend.

All of this put together makes extremely complicated sentence which, to be honest, doesn’t make a lot of sense. The speaker is saying that at certain times, it would be wrong to think that the subject of the sentence would have spoken about being beaten by his friend.

While the construction of the sentence is technically correct, it’s completely ridiculous to say such a simple thing in such a complicated way. It’s definitely useful to understand things like this, but using such constructions in real life is basically the opposite of communication. Unnecessarily confusing.

A: It looks like someone has a computer program to value things when rates change.

It is a terrible sentence. The person who wrote that sentence deserves a painful life.

A: They could have written: The surface is Mars is barren with the little water that is there tied up …. So, “what” replaces “the bit that”

I like what you said could replaces with: “ I like the bit that you said”. (Not everyone will agree that was a perfect substitution.).

In both cases the word “what” makes the sentence more compact.

A: Something I was convinced of in the past and now have been proven correct in the present.

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“Gravitate towards” has a feeling of being pulled in by something because of interest in it.

Example:
I really like rocks. So I gravitate towards places with lots of rocks like the beach, and mountains.

A: I'd usually use it near the end of a sentence/phrase.

I teach about 200 students, give or take.
I can usually eat about 5 slices of pizza, give or take
God, I'm so tired today. I feel like I made 1,000 cups of coffee today, give or take 500.

A: I diminish some of my clothes is NOT correct. In this context you would probably say I am going to reduce the amount of clothes I have.

Diminish means to make less, reduce, decrease, but is not usually used with a person. Also often used in the passive voice.

Examples: “at the end of the race his energy was diminished.” “Because of Brexit stocks of some products are greatly diminished in the shops.” “The aim of this project is to diminish poverty in the area.”

If we use it about a person, then it is a very literary/poetic way to write. Not usual daily speech. “I feel diminished by the long-term effects of chronic illness.” (Meaning I feel like less of a person than I was before.)

A: It's slightly worrying that you can't think of three sentences. I'm slightly surprised! It may be slightly too late but perhaps try and think of some...

A: That's okay, it may be slightly difficult to think of examples sometimes

You were slightly too quiet during your presentation, I had a little trouble hearing you a couple of times

I slightly overpaid for this car but it's not a big deal, I love it!

Can you move the couch slightly to the left, it's a little off center

I will admit I got slightly mad when I heard that you said that about me but I forgive you now, it's not a big deal.

I think I threw the ball slightly too hard but I don't think I hurt him.

My dog gets slightly anxious whenever there is a thunderstrom but she just barks a little

A:
1. When I’m with my friends, I like to show off my cooking skills!
2. Amy joined me in skateboarding at the park today to show off her new tricks.
3. I don’t like Emily, she’s always such a show-off.
4. “Well, you don’t need to be a show-off,” said Adam.
5. Now that I got hired at my dream job, I can finally show off all that I’ve learned!

A: The second is correct

A: Sentence: a complete thought or question with at least a subject and predicate.
Ex. The dog jumps.
I quickly ran to my grandmother.
The fog was really heavy yesterday.
Why didn’t the cat come when you called?

Phrase: a group of words that mean something together but usually lack a verb or subject. They are usually used as noun or verb modifiers.
Ex. To the door
Living by herself
To do hard work
Grabbing at his face

Word: single elements that have their own meanings and make up larger aspects of communication.
Ex. Dog
To
Avoid
Carefully
Purple

The example “It’s good weather today.” Is a sentence. That sentence doesn’t sound the most natural though. “There’s good weather today.” Or “It’s nice out.” Would sound more natural.

A: "either" implies a choice, that you're picking one or you're picking the other. "each" does not, so "each" is correct.

"either end of the line" implies you're picking one end and only putting a dot there, so then it doesn't make sense for there to be 3 dots.

A: There is no difference in meaning.

Also, the second sentence should be:
"I think this sentence has no serious problems" (note "problem(s)")

A: It would depend on the sentence. For example when you say "because of covid 19" what would follow would be the result, similar to から in Japanese. For example "Because of covid 19 I am working from home" or "Because of covid 19 my school is closed" When you add "the" you're defining or drawing attention to something about covid 19. For example "Because of the covid 19 situation my school is closed" or Because of the covid 19 pandemic I am working from home" I would say the main thing is that when you use "the" it has to be followed by something related to covid or the sentence will sound odd.

A: sounds natural

A: small mistakes make you let yourself down

A: #2 is correct!

A: Yes, the sentence is grammatically correct.

A: I accept your suggestions

because suggestions can be rejected. I can suggest my father to cut his hair, but he can say no (rejection) or yes (acceptance)

so "take" isn't the correct word for it.

A: With（と）: directly using a tool, e.g., I'm cutting some onions with a knife.

From（から）: used when marking the origin of something, e.g., She called me all the way from Antarctica.

By （で）: used to denote the means of completing an action or usage of transportation, e.g.,
I made whipped cream by whipping heavy cream for a while.
I traveled to Tokyo by train. (though "I took the train to Tokyo" is more common)

A: They're both acceptable.

The adjective that comes first is the one with more emphasis, so it depends on whether you'd like to highlight the hair's length or beauty more.

A: "is" isn't necessary here.

"The car speeding as it came down the street"
"The cat meowing because it was hungry "
"The girl laughing when she saw the boy"

These are describing the scene.

A: Additionally, since the bright side of music, such as "music brings us joy" and "music brings us laughter", is described in answer B, answer B goes against the meaning of "pessimistic", which means "we can't have any hope against something or someone."

On the other hand, none of the bright sides of music are described in answer A, and the pessimistic points of music are described overall, so answer A demands for the writing of a 6-line pessimistic poem about music.

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In addition -> Additionally
I usually don't say "In addition" unless something follows it. For example, "In addition to my previous comments..."

"music brings us laughter" -> music brings us laughter",
You just missed a comma here. Technically, the rules state commas should go on the inside, but I have my personal preferences and just put it on the outside if it's not a complete sentence.

"music brings us laughter", are -> music brings us laughter", is
The subject is "the bright side of music". It is singular, so use "is" instead of "are". The two examples are just examples -- not the actual subject.

the answer A/B -> answer A/B
In English, we say "the answer" when by itself, but just "answer B" when talking about a specific answer.

any of the bright sides of music are not -> none of the bright sides are
"any... not" sounds strange. Just use "none".

answer A requires the demand of "write a 6 lines of pessimistic poem about music". -> answer A demands for the writing of a 6-line pessimistic poem about music.
I honestly don't know what you were trying to say here, so I had to change a large amount of the sentence. That being said, I don't know if I changed it to something that you meant to say.

A: It's not a natural sentence in English unless "dog" has an S at the end, so, no. Even if it were, Americans would not assume you meant dog meat, as it is highly taboo here and in many parts of the world. Even horse meat is illegal in the USA despite our large number of the animals, including ones that are fatally crippled by racing.