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On a test

Posted by Lotg on September 19, 2004

In Reply to: On a test posted by ESC on September 18, 2004

: : : Hello,
: : : Could anyone take a look at the questions that were on my exam. I somehow found them a bit strange.

: : : -The dictionary is too expensive. Could you me 25% discount? ......Is there an "a" before the 25%??

: : : There was another multipul choice a bit strange,
: : : -Let's go to the movies, 1)shall we?
: : : 2)all right?
: : : 3)No problem?
: : : Which one above is correct?

: : : Thanks

: : The first sentence does read awkwardly, and inserting an "a" before 25% would, as you suggest, make it better.

: : with regard to the multiple choice, 1 is perfectly correct, if a bit formal. 2 would be colloquial, but perfectly understandable. 3 is clunky.

: Shouldn't it be: Could you give me a 25% discount?

You've got a couple of problems happening there. They might be typos, if so, please ignore me.

Firstly I agree with ESC, you need 'give' in there as well as 'a'. But also, you've written the word 'multipul' - it should be spelt 'multiple'. And also that sentence would have read better if it had been: There was another multiple choice question that I thought was a bit strange.

Now, like I said, these could be typos, in which case please don't be insulted by my response. I'm just not sure about your level of English because we get people from all over the world here. And they can be people who's 2nd, 3rd, or 4th language is English, or they could just be sloppy typists like I often am.

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