Tedwonny
Member
- Joined
- Jan 10, 2012
- Member Type
- Student or Learner
- Native Language
- Chinese
- Home Country
- Hong Kong
- Current Location
- UK
1) If A does something for B and in turn B want to thank A, I say "B will give you a treat to the restaurant."
The 'to' sounds strange. Are there any ways we can change the preposition and retain the syntactic orginality as much as possible? That is, don't say it will be his treat...
2) It seems all the and all of the are identical?
All the shops are closed. All of the shops are closed.
3) At a fast-food restaurant, which of the following are 'common', 'appropriate' and 'native-like [i.e. used by native English speakers?]'
- Stay here?
- to go?
- take away?
- dine here?
Anymore?
4) when 'though' is at the end of a sentence, it, really, simply means 'but' placing at the end of a sentence. However, we do hear native speakers say
But XXXXXX though
This double marking may not be grammatically correct but is that very common?
Thanks so much!
The 'to' sounds strange. Are there any ways we can change the preposition and retain the syntactic orginality as much as possible? That is, don't say it will be his treat...
2) It seems all the and all of the are identical?
All the shops are closed. All of the shops are closed.
3) At a fast-food restaurant, which of the following are 'common', 'appropriate' and 'native-like [i.e. used by native English speakers?]'
- Stay here?
- to go?
- take away?
- dine here?
Anymore?
4) when 'though' is at the end of a sentence, it, really, simply means 'but' placing at the end of a sentence. However, we do hear native speakers say
But XXXXXX though
This double marking may not be grammatically correct but is that very common?
Thanks so much!