July 29, 2020
Unwritten rule of marriage
I randomly choose words, expressions, phrasal verbs etc. from my flash cards and my task is to incorporate them into meaningful sentence/s or a short story.
Random words; TO EACH THEIR OWN, TO COME TO TERMS WITH, IT’S BEEN AROUND
Once you’re getting married you have to put up with many ‘strange things’ of your spouse.
Just remember the expression ‘to each their own’ and when you’ll finally come to terms with it, the marriage will be plain sailing.
That kind of unwritten rule has been around…let’s say…since Adam and Eve.
Once you’re getting married you have to put up with many ‘strange things’ of your spouseyour spouse's many ‘strange attributes'.
It sounds more natural to reword the sentence to make spouse possessive, but the suggestion kiki0405 made also works.
Also, I would recommend the word 'quirk' instead of 'strange things'. A quirk is a strange behavior, habit, or attribute. It has a mostly good connotation, so it's usually used to talk about the weird things that the people you like do. Instead of saying that your spouse has a lot of "strange" or "annoying" attributes/habits, you can just say that 'they have their quirks'. You would use it like this: "Once you're married, you have to put up with your spouse's many quirks."
Just remember the expression ‘to each their own’ and when you’ll finally come to terms with ithis, the marriage will be plain sailing.
"it" is ambiguous here because it could refer to either "the expression" or to "the marriage". It's not a big problem, but I would change it to "this".
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Great idea for practicing! Happy to answer any questions or explain my corrections if they were confusing
July 30, 2020
Once you’re getting married you have to put up with many ‘strange things’ of your spouseyour spouse's many ‘strange attributes'.
Thanks. I've just add a word 'quirk' in my vocabulary.
July 30, 2020
Just remember the expression ‘to each their own’ and when you’ll finally come to terms with ithis, the marriage will be plain sailing.
What's the rule of that in both corrections you're crossed 'll after you?
July 30, 2020
It's because of "when". The rule is "don't use future tense with time adverbs". Here is an article that it explains it thoroughly and gives lots of examples:
https://jakubmarian.com/will-after-when-in-english/
Let me know if you can't access the article. Hope that helps!
July 31, 2020
I got access to the article. Very useful article and the site too.Thanks.
I'll definitely improve my writing when I pay more attention to grammar.
Unwritten rule of marriage
I randomly choose words, expressions, phrasal verbs etc.
from my flash cards and my task is to incorporate them into meaningful sentence/s or a short story.
Random words; TO EACH THEIR OWN, TO COME TO TERMS WITH, IT’S BEEN AROUND
Once you’re getting married you will have to put up with many ‘strange things’ ofhabits’ from your spouse.
Just remember the expression ‘to each their own’ and when you’ll finally come to terms with it, the marriage will be plain sailing.
That kind of unwritten rule has been around…let’s say…since Adam and Eve.
What you have written here is correct. Personally it feels more natural to me to say "has been around since... let's say... Adam and Eve."
July 30, 2020
That kind of unwritten rule has been around…let’s say…since Adam and Eve.
You slightly shift the focus, and your correction is just the ticket.
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from my flash cards and my task is to incorporate them into meaningful sentence/s or a short story. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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Once you’re getting married you have to put up with many ‘strange things’ of your spouse. Once you Once you’re It sounds more natural to reword the sentence to make spouse possessive, but the suggestion kiki0405 made also works. Also, I would recommend the word 'quirk' instead of 'strange things'. A quirk is a strange behavior, habit, or attribute. It has a mostly good connotation, so it's usually used to talk about the weird things that the people you like do. Instead of saying that your spouse has a lot of "strange" or "annoying" attributes/habits, you can just say that 'they have their quirks'. You would use it like this: "Once you're married, you have to put up with your spouse's many quirks." |
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Just remember the expression ‘to each their own’ and when you’ll finally come to terms with it, the marriage will be plain sailing. Just remember the expression ‘to each their own’ and when you Just remember the expression ‘to each their own’ and when you "it" is ambiguous here because it could refer to either "the expression" or to "the marriage". It's not a big problem, but I would change it to "this". |
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That kind of unwritten rule has been around…let’s say…since Adam and Eve. That kind of unwritten rule has been around…let’s say…since Adam and Eve. What you have written here is correct. Personally it feels more natural to me to say "has been around since... let's say... Adam and Eve." |
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