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:) ("At the recent time" is not an English expression.) :) |
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| How would you change "British married teacher" to make it idiomatic English? Can I say, British teacher only? I don't know how to say it in an idiomatic English. I am working now on what you have corrected. I will answer all your "what do you think" and your other questions when I will finish. You are doing a very nice work to me, and I don't want to watse it. I wonder how can you find a time to do this wonderful job. |
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| How would you change "British married teacher" to make it idiomatic English? Can I say, British teacher only? I don't know how to say it in an idiomatic English. I am working now on what you have corrected. I will answer all your "what do you think" and your other questions when I will finish. You are doing a very nice work to me, and I don't want to watse it. I wonder how can you find a time to do this wonderful job. |
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It depends on the importance you want to place on married and British. For example, if being married is more important to the context than is being British, then I'd use this structure, 1. He is a married teacher, and he's British. If, however, being British is more important to the context, then I'd use, 2. He is a British teacher, and he's married. You could also give both adjectives equal weight of importance, like this, 3a. He is a married, British teacher. (Don't forget the comma ",". It means, "and".) 3b. He is a British, married teacher. (ungrammatical) ==> The problem with 3b. is the order of the adjectives. There's a "Holy Order", or at least that's what it's being called these days. 8) OTHERS 4. He's married and he's British. 5. He's British and he's married. :D |
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It depends on the importance you want to place on married and British. For example, if being married is more important to the context than is being British, then I'd use this structure, 1. He is a married teacher, and he's British. If, however, being British is more important to the context, then I'd use, 2. He is a British teacher, and he's married. You could also give both adjectives equal weight of importance, like this, 3a. He is a married, British teacher. (Don't forget the comma ",". It means, "and".) 3b. He is a British, married teacher. (ungrammatical) ==> The problem with 3b. is the order of the adjectives. There's a "Holy Order", or at least that's what it's being called these days. 8) OTHERS 4. He's married and he's British. 5. He's British and he's married. :D |
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| Thank you, I think I will use this one: 3a. He is a married, British teacher. I want to focus on the idea of being married. :wink: |
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| Thank you, I think I will use this one: 3a. He is a married, British teacher. I want to focus on the idea of being married. :wink: |
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