pretty girl5
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- Jun 7, 2012
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- Spanish
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- Spain
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- Morocco
Hi
I tried to paraphrase the following sentences keeping the same meaning without using modals.
Could you please correct them?
Note: Please, you needn't correct the original sentences.
1. Hadn't you better check that your boss is willing to contribute more than the minimum?
= Isn't it advisable for you to check that your boss is willing to contribute more than the minimum?
2. Milk must be kept in the fridge; otherwise, it spoils.
= It is necessary for milk to be kept in thefridge; otherwise, it spoils.
3.May our team win the football world cup.
=I wish our team would win the football world cup.
4.Your certificate ought to be sent before July 1st.
= It is obligatory for your certificate to be sent before July 1st.
5. This journal had better be read in the library.
= It is advisable for this journal to be read in the library.
6. He must have found the nature of the work slow and tedious. Only eighteen months later, he became a freelance reporter.
= It is certain that he had found the nature of the work slow and tedious. Only eighteen months later, he became a freelance reporter.
7. Wouldn't you rather stay for dinner tonight?
= Isn't it preferable for you to stay for dinner tonight?
8. Virginia thinks she might have a secret, only she can't quite remember.
= Virginia thinks it is possible that she has a secret, only she is unable to remember.
Thanks a lot.
I tried to paraphrase the following sentences keeping the same meaning without using modals.
Could you please correct them?
Note: Please, you needn't correct the original sentences.
1. Hadn't you better check that your boss is willing to contribute more than the minimum?
= Isn't it advisable for you to check that your boss is willing to contribute more than the minimum?
2. Milk must be kept in the fridge; otherwise, it spoils.
= It is necessary for milk to be kept in thefridge; otherwise, it spoils.
3.May our team win the football world cup.
=I wish our team would win the football world cup.
4.Your certificate ought to be sent before July 1st.
= It is obligatory for your certificate to be sent before July 1st.
5. This journal had better be read in the library.
= It is advisable for this journal to be read in the library.
6. He must have found the nature of the work slow and tedious. Only eighteen months later, he became a freelance reporter.
= It is certain that he had found the nature of the work slow and tedious. Only eighteen months later, he became a freelance reporter.
7. Wouldn't you rather stay for dinner tonight?
= Isn't it preferable for you to stay for dinner tonight?
8. Virginia thinks she might have a secret, only she can't quite remember.
= Virginia thinks it is possible that she has a secret, only she is unable to remember.
Thanks a lot.