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Dear Sir/madam, Would you please let me know which one is correct, or both sentences are incorrect sentences.
意思是說: 那校對(書本的校對)已在上星期展開.
1. The proofreading have been started since last week.
2. The proofreading was started last week. |
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Both sentences are correct.
But, sentence 1 should be:
The proofreading has been started since last week.
(Present perfect tense)
2.The proofreading was started last week.
(Simple past tense) |
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Hi,what does "as such" mean? and how to use it?many thanks |
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E.g. n.
1. She is not really a maid as such; she just helps out in the house sometimes.
n.
2. There isn't a garden as such, just a little vegetable patch.
The expression means 'something is not really what you are calling it.'
The espression must be put after a noun, and there is a negative word preceding it.
as - is a preposition
such - is a pronoun |
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In stead of （名詞）代替In lieu of （名詞）代替兩者都解作代替，但有沒有話明邊種情況應該用那一個呢？
(i.e: Stock units in lieu of Cash dividend. 我可否用 in stead of 去取代 in lieu of ? ) |
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In lieu of is a favourate term to be used in legal documents. Its position is often replaced by ' instead of ' , especially in less formal situations. |
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What is the difference between "instead" and "instead of"? |
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"Instead" is an adverb. If you or someone does not do something but does something else instead, you or he / she does the second thing and not the first thing, as the result of a choice or a change of behaviour.
e.g.
1. Peter did not say anything. Instead, he wrote something on a piece of paper.
2. We have no coffee. Would you like tea instead?
"Instead of" is a prepositon. If you or someone does one thing instead of another, you or he / she does the first thing and not the secound thing, as the result of a choice or a change of behaviour. And a noun / noun phrase after "of" is needed.
e.g.
1. I'd like to catch the 3pm train instead of the 5pm one.
2. Instead of being annoyed, she seemed quite pleased. |
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Is it "whereabout" or "whereabouts"? |
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"Whereabouts" is correct with a "s" in the end.
e.g. 1. Whereabouts do you live?
2. A: I live in Hong Kong.
B: Whereabouts? |
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Why is this sentence incorrect? "I've finished my project a few days ago." |
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When you talk about an action that is already done in the past, stating it with a definite time, eg "a few days ago", "yesterday", "at two o'clock", etc, use the Simple Past tense, i.e. I finished my project a few days ago. If without a definite time, use the Present Perfect tense (+ some adverbs of time, such as "already", "yet", etc), e.g. I've already finished my project. |
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What are the meanings of "work" and "job"? |
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"Work" is an uncountable noun here and we use it to describe the things you do to earn money or to achieve something, e.g. "I've got a lot of work to finish."
"Job" is a countable noun and we use to describe a particular position / duty you have at a company, e.g."He got a job in a bank near downtown." |
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