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    Cool Which one's right?

    1.) Can I say "if you're short on time" to mean "If you have not enough time..."?

    2.) All the and All of the

    Do they mean the same?


    3.) It's a book 'on' or 'about'...? It's a question 'on' or 'about'? Which preposition is correct? Both?

    4) Pretending and pretentious. He's a _________ person. Which one is correct? Or both?

    Thank you all very much!

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    Default Re: Which one's right?

    1.) Can I say "if you're short on time" to mean "If you have not enough time..."?
    Yes.

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    Default Re: Which one's right?

    What about the other questions? Thanks so much

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    Default Re: Which one's right?

    Remember in a prior thread I asked you to post unrelated questions in new threads?
    Let's close this one, since you have the answer to #1, and then you can create three new threads for the other questions.
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    I'm not a teacher, but I write for a living. Please don't ask me about 2nd conditionals, but I'm a safe bet for what reads well in (American) English.

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