Forum newsfeeds
Forum Newsfeeds


Sites for Teachers

Sites for Teachers


Go Back   UsingEnglish.com ESL Forum > Learning English > Ask a Teacher

Notices

Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1 (permalink)  
Old 09-May-2007, 13:51
Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2005
Country: korea
Posts: 395
Current Location: korea
First Language: korean
Member Type: Student or Learner
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
bosun is on a distinguished road
Default use

I wonder if the verb " use" is approrpiate for the following sentence. If you have any suggestion, please let me have your comments. Also, If possible, mark any grammatical mistakes. Thanks a lot.

He is rembered for using non violent protest to achive justice.
He decided to use his knowledge of laws to help the indian people.
Reply With Quote
Sponsored Links
  #2 (permalink)  
Old 09-May-2007, 17:26
Anglika's Avatar
Moderator
 
Join Date: Oct 2006
Country: UK
Posts: 16,446
Current Location: UK
First Language: English
Member Type: Other
Thanks: 5
Thanked 3,726 Times in 3,499 Posts
Anglika has a reputation beyond reputeAnglika has a reputation beyond reputeAnglika has a reputation beyond reputeAnglika has a reputation beyond reputeAnglika has a reputation beyond reputeAnglika has a reputation beyond reputeAnglika has a reputation beyond reputeAnglika has a reputation beyond reputeAnglika has a reputation beyond reputeAnglika has a reputation beyond reputeAnglika has a reputation beyond repute
Default Re: use

Quote:
Originally Posted by bosun View Post
I wonder if the verb " use" is approrpiate for the following sentence. If you have any suggestion, please let me have your comments. Also, If possible, mark any grammatical mistakes. Thanks a lot.

He is rembered for using non-violent protest to achive justice.
He decided to use his knowledge of the Law to help the Indian people.
Misspellings marked in red.

"the Law" because he used his training as a lawyer and his knowledge of legal theory.
Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On


New To Site? Need Help?

All times are GMT. The time now is 11:59.


vBulletin, Copyright ©2000 - 2008, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Search Engine Optimization by vBSEO 3.2.0
Copyright © 2002 - 2008 UsingEnglish.com