May 29, 2022
scrap a car
I'm considering to scrap my car. It was made 2004. It started to make trouble a few years ago. The air conditioner doesn't work since this year. I surely had it fixed 4 years ago but it make a trouble again. If I turn on the air conditioner it only blow out the hot air. I guess the refrigerant was out. Besides, the smell isn't good. Sometimes grey smoke billowed from the exhaust pipe of the car with the smell. It surely seems bad to my health. It would be cost quite a lot to fix the car. So I think it better to change the car. My brother-in-law has a plan to change his car. So I'm hoping I can buy it.
I'd appreciate it if you could teach me various expressions.
I'm considering to scrapping my car.
"scrapping" is the gerund. In this case, the subject "I" is considering the action. the verb "to be" is in the infitive, which doesn't work right now
It was made in 2004.
the preposition "in" lets us know which year it was made. Without the word "in", we have trouble knowing how "2004" relates to the subject "it"
The air conditioner doehasn't worked since thislast year.
"doesn't work" is in the present tense. Past perfect progressive would work better here.
"since" indicates that time has gone by, so if we want to tell the reader that the air conditioner hasn't functioned in a year, we use the adjective "last"
I surely had it fixed 4 years ago but it make ade trouble again.
the indefinite article "a" is not needed in front of "trouble"
"make" is present tense, while "made" is past tense
If I turn on the air conditioner it only blows out the hot air.
sometimes there is an "s" at the end of a verb.
It surely seems bad tofor my health.
the preposition "for" works better than "to"
It would be cost quite a lot to fix the car.
the verb "to be" is not needed in this situation
So I think it is better to change the car.
the adjective "better" is connected to "it" with the verb "to be" (in this case "to be" = "is")
May 29, 2022
It seems like studying the past vs present tenses and learning about the different prepositions could help improve grammar
May 29, 2022
Thank you so much !!
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scrap a car |
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I'm considering to scrap my car. I'm considering "scrapping" is the gerund. In this case, the subject "I" is considering the action. the verb "to be" is in the infitive, which doesn't work right now |
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It was made 2004. It was made in 2004. the preposition "in" lets us know which year it was made. Without the word "in", we have trouble knowing how "2004" relates to the subject "it" |
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It started to make trouble a few years ago. |
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The air conditioner doesn't work since this year. The air conditioner "doesn't work" is in the present tense. Past perfect progressive would work better here. "since" indicates that time has gone by, so if we want to tell the reader that the air conditioner hasn't functioned in a year, we use the adjective "last" |
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I surely had it fixed 4 years ago but it make a trouble again. I surely had it fixed 4 years ago but it ma the indefinite article "a" is not needed in front of "trouble" "make" is present tense, while "made" is past tense |
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If I turn on the air conditioner it only blow out the hot air. If I turn on the air conditioner it only blows out the hot air. sometimes there is an "s" at the end of a verb. |
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I guess the refrigerant was out. |
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Besides, the smell isn't good. |
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Sometimes grey smoke billowed from the exhaust pipe of the car with the smell. |
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It surely seems bad to my health. It surely seems bad the preposition "for" works better than "to" |
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It would be cost quite a lot to fix the car. It would the verb "to be" is not needed in this situation |
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So I think it better to change the car. So I think it is better to change the car. the adjective "better" is connected to "it" with the verb "to be" (in this case "to be" = "is") |
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My brother-in-law has a plan to change his car. |
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So I'm hoping I can buy it. |
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