R Roktim Member Joined Jun 9, 2020 Member Type Student or Learner Native Language Bengali; Bangla Home Country Bangladesh Current Location Bangladesh Mar 17, 2021 #1 We left when the meeting ended. I called him when i reached home. How can I make these sentences simple?
We left when the meeting ended. I called him when i reached home. How can I make these sentences simple?
emsr2d2 Moderator Staff member Joined Jul 28, 2009 Member Type English Teacher Native Language British English Home Country UK Current Location UK Mar 17, 2021 #2 Roktim said: We left when the meeting ended. I called him when I reached home. How can I make these sentences simple? Click to expand... How much simpler do you want to make them? They're pretty basic already. What exactly are you trying to do and why?
Roktim said: We left when the meeting ended. I called him when I reached home. How can I make these sentences simple? Click to expand... How much simpler do you want to make them? They're pretty basic already. What exactly are you trying to do and why?
T Tdol No Longer With Us (RIP) Staff member Joined Nov 13, 2002 Native Language British English Home Country UK Current Location Japan Mar 18, 2021 #3 We left after the meeting cuts out one word, if that helps.
Phaedrus Banned Joined Jul 19, 2012 Member Type English Teacher Native Language English Home Country United States Current Location United States Mar 18, 2021 #4 Roktim said: We left when the meeting ended. I called him when i reached home. How can I make these sentences simple? Click to expand... emsr2d2 said: How much simpler do you want to make them? They're pretty basic already. Click to expand... I suspect that Roktim intends "How can I make these sentences simple?" to mean "How can I make these complex sentences simple sentences?" If we deleted that which renders each sentence "complex," namely the subordinate clauses, we would be left with "We left" and "I called him."
Roktim said: We left when the meeting ended. I called him when i reached home. How can I make these sentences simple? Click to expand... emsr2d2 said: How much simpler do you want to make them? They're pretty basic already. Click to expand... I suspect that Roktim intends "How can I make these sentences simple?" to mean "How can I make these complex sentences simple sentences?" If we deleted that which renders each sentence "complex," namely the subordinate clauses, we would be left with "We left" and "I called him."
T Tdol No Longer With Us (RIP) Staff member Joined Nov 13, 2002 Native Language British English Home Country UK Current Location Japan Mar 19, 2021 #5 I reached home. I called him Click to expand... It's not a great improvement in terms of language usage. If this is an exercise, it is not a good one.
I reached home. I called him Click to expand... It's not a great improvement in terms of language usage. If this is an exercise, it is not a good one.
jutfrank VIP Member Joined Mar 5, 2014 Member Type English Teacher Native Language English Home Country England Current Location England Mar 19, 2021 #6 It smells like homework to me.
T Tdol No Longer With Us (RIP) Staff member Joined Nov 13, 2002 Native Language British English Home Country UK Current Location Japan Mar 19, 2021 #7 And poor stuff at that. It's like passive conversions that make for clumsy sentences.