Got Grammar???

[Jeedy]

Great job, lion. You're obviously not a beginner. Hehe. :)

[Ur_love]

@Love, "Half a watermelon can be replaced a whole meal..." this sentence is grammatically incorrect. If you want to use 'can be replaced...' you can say 'a whole meal can be replaced by half a watermelon.'

"Because it is so juice"... juice is a noun/verb. Here we are describing a watermelon, so we should use an adjective, which is juicy. Overall, great try, UrLove! :)

Thank you co Jeedy. Sao chua thay cau moi vay co? :)

[Jeedy]

Level: Pre-Intermediate

This is a none smoking area. Can you speak to them to not smoke around this area. I am tired about yelling with them. They said us they couldn't do it again. They cannot be trust it.

G'luck!

[buiminhese]

Level: Pre-Intermediate

This is a none smoking area. Can you speak to them to not smoke around this area. I am tired about yelling with them. They said us they couldn't do it again. They cannot be trust it.

G'luck!

This is a no smoking area. Can you speak to them not to smoke around this area. I am tired of yelling at them. They said us they wouldn't do it again. They cannot be trusted.

[iPropose]

This is a nonsmoking area. Can you tell them not to smoke around this area? I am tired of yelling at them. They told us they wouldn't do it again. They cannot be trusted.

[eragon009nt]

This is the non-smoking area. Can you ask them not to smoke around this area. I am tired of yelling with them. They told us they wouldn't do it again. They cannot be trusted.

[buiminhese]

This is a no smoking area. Can you speak to them not to smoke around this area. I am tired of yelling at them. They said us they wouldn't do it again. They cannot be trusted.

This is a non-smoking area. Can you speak to them not to smoke around this area. I am tired of yelling at them. They said us they wouldn't do it again. They cannot be trusted.

[Jeedy]

@eragon009nt, 95% = A! :)

"I am tired of yelling with them." Should be "I am tired of yelling at them." With implies cùng, với. Mình không muốn la hét, mắng cùng họ. Aside from that, great job!


@buiminhese, 90% = A!

" Can you speak to them not to smoke around this area." Should be, "Can you tell them not to smoke around this area." If you want to use "speak," then one of the correct ways would be, "Can you speak to them about not smoking in this area." (Tôi sẽ nói chuyện với họ về vấn đề.....)

"They said us they wouldn't do it again." Take out us. Overall, really gơd.


For the right correction, refer to co iP's post.

[Jeedy]

Level: Pre Intermediate

The kitchen is dirty! The dishes has not being washed. The plate have not been clean. Its to dark to clean. I am need to turn up the lite.

[Bobo321]

The kitchen is so dirty! The dishes have not been washed. The plates are not clean. It is too dark to clean them. I need to turn on the light.

[zi_zi_2010]

The kitchen is dirty! The dishes have not being washed. The plate has not been clean. It is too dark to clean them. I need to turn on the light.

[eragon009nt]

The kitchen is so dirty! The dishes have not being washed. The plate has not been clean. Its too dark to clean. I need to turn on the light.

[Jeedy]

@Bobo, good job. Grade: A

@Zizi, good! Grade: A-

"The plate has not been clean." When you have "has not been" or "have not been" the next verb should be past tense. Example: Has not been played, have not been claimed, has not been opened. So the correct way would be "the plate has not been cleaned."

@eragon, good! Grade: B+

"The dishes have not being washed." Should be, "the dishes have not been washed." If you want to use 'being,' one of the ways to say it would be, "the dishes are not being washed."

"Its too dark to clean." Its is another way of saying cu?a. For example: Its name (ten cu?a), its computer (vi tinh' cu?a...) etc. It's is short for "it is" so the proper way would be "it's (it is) too dark to clean.

Overal, very good.

This is my preferred sentence:
The kitchen is dirty! The dishes have not been washed. The plates have not been cleaned. It's too dark to clean. I need to turn on the light.

[Jeedy]

Level: Intermediate:

Did you knew a cockroach can live several week with it’s head cutted off? To be save, squish the cockroach until it’s guts ooze out. To be super save, flush it in the toilet and watch it drowning.

[eragon009nt]

Did you know a cockroach can live in several week with its head cut off? To be save, squish (don't know how to fix) the cockroach until it’s guts ooze out. To be super save, flush it into the toilet and watch it drowning.

[Bobo321]

Did you know a cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off? To be save, squish the cockroach until its guts ooze out. To be super save, flush it down the toilet and watch it drowning.

[zi_zi_2010]

Did you know a cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off? To be save, squish the cockroach until its guts ooze out. To be super save, flush it down the toilet and watch it drowning.

[Jeedy]

I apologize for the late reply. It's been a busy week.

squish - cái từ này ít sài nên không sao. Nhưng ý của Gd là squash, nghĩa là ép, bóp chết. Như là mình đạp nó chết vậy đó.

to be save - it is never correct to say "to be save." Nếu muốn nói đễ được cưú thì "to be saved." Ý của Gd là 'đễ được an toàn' so the correct way would be "to be safe." Safe nghĩa là an toàn, save là cứu, giữ gìn.

..and watch it drowning - Translate: Nhìn nó đang chết đuối, nhưng Gd chỉ muốn nhìn nó chết đuối thoi. Correct way should be "watch it drown."

Very good, everyone.

Correct sentence: Did you know a cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off? To be safe, squash the cockroach until its guts ooze out. To be super safe, flush it down the toilet and watch it drown.

[eragon009nt]

Why don't you give another sentence?

[Jeedy]

Level: Intermediate

Joey were born in November 2th 1999. If I remember correct, it was in a monday at ninth o'clock at the evening. Joey were a adorable baby with big round eye and a high forehead.

Good luck!

[eragon009nt]

Joey was born on 2nd November 1999. If I remember correctly, it was on Monday at nine pm. Joey was an adorable baby with big round eye and a high forehead.

[eragon009nt]

@_@ How a boring topic ??? where are instructors and members?

[Bobo321]

Joey was born on November 2nd 1999. If I remember correctly, it was on Monday, at nine o'clock in the evening. Joey was an adorable baby, with big, round eyes and a high forehead.

Sis Jeedy, Can I write "It was on Monday evening at nine o'clock"?

[zi_zi_2010]

Joey was born on November 2nd 1999. If I remember correctly, it was on monday at nine o'clock in the evening. Joey was an adorable baby with big round eyes and a high forehead.

[Jeedy]

@eragon009nt (http://tienganh.net/members/11697-eragon009nt),
"2nd November 1999..." Nêu muốn viết vậy cũng đuợc nhưng Eragon thiếu vài từ. Should be: on the 2nd(second) of November.

@Bobo, yes. You can write it like that. Your sentence is good.

Zizi, Good Job.

Preferred Sentence:
Joey was born on November 2nd, 1999. If I remember correctly, it was on a Monday at nine o'clock in the evening. Joey was an adorable baby with big, round eyes and a high forehead.

Notice that I put an "a" in front of Monday.
Nếu mình nói "born on Monday..." dịch ra là "sinh ra thứ hai"
Nếu mình nói "born on a Monday..." dịch ra là "sinh ra một ngày thứ hai..." Vì cái này là quá khư' nên nói sinh ra một ngày thứ hai nghe đúng hơn.

Also, the correct way to write a specific date is:
Month day, year. Ex: January 5th, 2008. Có comma.

Let me know if you have questions.