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Old 15-Oct-2003, 16:02
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Originally Posted by aleycris
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When you live in your own house you can ________ _______ _____ ___ _____ ______. There is nobody to ____ ___ ___ __ __. You are __ ____.
How would you fill in the blanks?
Maybe you can do whatever you wany _______ _____________
I don't like this phrases, what are you thinking to put on it?

There is nobody to controllered you.
I don't know the other words.

You are free
That is good for me

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In my opinion the most important advantage of living on your own is that you are independent because you are not influenced or controlled in any way by other people.


That is not bad, but is there a better (and shorter) way to put that?
I don't have any idea, what I can put in a short way.

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There are a lot of things you miss when you live alone. No longer do you have someone to do the _______ and _________. When you live alone you have to do all your own ______ and _________. You have to _____ _____ _______. You have to ______ ______, and _____ ______ _____ _____ ___ ___ ______.
No longer do you have someone to do the cooking and washing. When you live alone you have to do all your own homework and _???__. You have to do you housework yourself. You have to __??____ __???____, and __??___ ___??___ __??___ __??___ _??__ _??__ ___??___.

Ups, that is bad, I don't have idea, my mind is in the clouds.

Please Help Me
:)
First sentence:
  • When you live in your own house you can do whatever you want to do.

As you can see, your anwer was pretty close to that. :)

Second sentence:
  • There is nobody to tell you what to do.

We had the same general idea.

Third sentence:
  • You are on your own.

(I know I had two blanks there, not three, but I can't think what else it could be.) "You are your own boss" works there too." (Still three words, I know.) "You are free" is good, but it doesn't mean exactly the same thing. (Only one word. :wink: )

(I didn't write those words down, but maybe I should have.)



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In my opinion the most important advantage of living on your own is that you are independent because you are not influenced or controlled in any way by other people.

That is not bad, but is there a better (and shorter) way to put that?



I don't have any idea, what I can put in a short way.
For starters, the reader will assume it is your opinion. You don't need In my opinion there. The rest can be put more simply. Perhaps:
  • The best thing about living on your own is that you can do what you want to do when you want to do it.

What do you think?

:D


Fourth sentence:
  • No longer do you have someone to do the cooking and cleaning.

Your answer is not bad, but I like mine better (partly because it is mine). :wink:

Fifth sentence:
  • When you live alone you have to do all your own shopping and housework.

I think had something else in mind besides housework, but I can't remember what it was. :wink:

I think housework works quite well there, don't you? (You can't use homework there because that is something else entirely. Homework is studies assigned to you by your teacher.)

I'll have to look at the original posting again to figure out what I had in mind for the rest.

:wink:
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