jiang
Key Member
- Joined
- Nov 18, 2003
- Member Type
- Student or Learner
- Native Language
- Chinese
- Home Country
- China
- Current Location
- China
Dear teachers,
I have four questions to ask:
No.1
I get confused by "reach out" and "reach out for".
Reaching for my bag, she took it down from the rack.
I think I can use "reach out for", too because there are examples such as:
He reached out for the dictionary.
It swung open as he was about to reach out for the handle.
No.2
It is possible for the animals to live outdoors most of the year.
I think I can use "outside" because in the dictionary it reads:
Since it's such a nice day shall we eat/sit/go outside?
No.3
They are usuallyplaces where wildlife are safe from hunters and can live and breed undisturbed by man.
Can I use "protected" instead of "safe"?
No.4
This is an error correction exercise:
In the 21st century, a computer will play a more and more important role in our eceryday life.
According to the key "a" should be replaced by "the". Could you please explain why? According to my grammar book"a+noun" can refer to each member of a kind of things or a group of people and "the+noun" refer to all members or things. To me there is no difference in this sentence.
Could you please explain why "a" should be replaced by "the"?
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Thank you in advance.
Jiang
I have four questions to ask:
No.1
I get confused by "reach out" and "reach out for".
Reaching for my bag, she took it down from the rack.
I think I can use "reach out for", too because there are examples such as:
He reached out for the dictionary.
It swung open as he was about to reach out for the handle.
No.2
It is possible for the animals to live outdoors most of the year.
I think I can use "outside" because in the dictionary it reads:
Since it's such a nice day shall we eat/sit/go outside?
No.3
They are usuallyplaces where wildlife are safe from hunters and can live and breed undisturbed by man.
Can I use "protected" instead of "safe"?
No.4
This is an error correction exercise:
In the 21st century, a computer will play a more and more important role in our eceryday life.
According to the key "a" should be replaced by "the". Could you please explain why? According to my grammar book"a+noun" can refer to each member of a kind of things or a group of people and "the+noun" refer to all members or things. To me there is no difference in this sentence.
Could you please explain why "a" should be replaced by "the"?
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Thank you in advance.
Jiang