In or on and others, please help me

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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  1. somtimes, I saw people use in before a subject like “literature”, however, I also saw on used before a subject too like , on science we learn about animal and plant.

Please help me to correct them.

  1. Almost every professor and student at the university approves of the choice of D.r Brown as the new president

  2. We can keep this a secret between ourselves. we mustn’t tell any body.

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In science we learn about animals and plants. (‘on’ is incorrect when speaking about the content of a subject.)

  1. Almost every professor and student at the university approves of the choice of Dr Brown as the new president.

  2. We can keep this a secret between ourselves. We mustn’t tell anybody.

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Many thanks Beeeneees,

3, I am a bit confuse that in a sentence both ‘this’ and ‘a’ could exist.

and some more sentences, please help me.

  1. He wasn’t attending the lecture properly and missed most of …
    a. what the teacher said. b. which the teacher said. c. things said by the teacher d. that the teacher said. Please help me to explain it. Because I don’t how to choose a correct answer and the reason why. many thanks.
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It might help if you consider the noun that is omitted:
We can keep this (thing) a secret.
We can keep this (conversation) a secret.
We can keep this (incident) a secret.

Only (a) works in that sentence:
‘things’ would require the addition of a definite article – … most of the things…
‘that’ would require the addition of ‘which’ and vice versa – … most of that which the teacher said.

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Now I got It. many thanks Beeeneees, Some more please help me.

  1. You have made too much/ too many mistakes in this essay.

  2. The train was full. I __________ find a seat anywhere.
    A. couldn’t
    B. wasn’t able to
    C. was able to
    D. was I myself think there are two possible answers both a and b. Is this right?

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  1. Which do you think? When we are speaking about a specific number (of mistakes) do we use ‘much’ or ‘many’?

  2. Yes. The test writer probably expected you to choose A, but B is just as acceptable.

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I think “too much” used to emphasize uncountable nouns and “too many” used to emphasize count-nouns. Is this right? So I would choose “too many”. Please help me.

Some more sentences, please explain them for me.

  1. Peter is as tall as I/ me. I have read in a book. I know that “me” is not used in this case.

  2. She is high look.

  3. It is very hot today. I wish I was/ were on the beach now. Some teachers said I could use both words, but some said I only used “were”???

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‘too many’ is correct so well done.

  1. Informally, both I and me would be accepted. ‘Me’ is he usual form but not the grammatical form favoured by academia.

  2. does not make sense. Do you mean ‘she is tall’?

  3. Again the correct term is ‘were’ but ‘was’ is informally accepted and has sadly become the norm.

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In number 2, I read in a book “high look” the same meaning as “arrogant” so I tries to write this sentence.

Are these sentences right?

  1. Children must be careful with the video games. They can be addicted/ addictive.

  2. you must be careful. Video games can be addictive/ addicted.

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The book is wrong if that is what it said. The term that means ‘arrogant’ is ‘haughty look’:
She has a haughty look.
She looked at me haughtily.

  1. Children must be careful with video games. They can be addictive.
  2. You must be careful, Video games can be addictive.

Children can become addicted to video games.
Yiu must be careful or you might become addicted to video games.

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Many thanks Beeeneees for your help. Please help me to correct the sentences.

  1. There are no/ not girls in my class.

  2. he teaches at a school in New York. He goes to school every working day.

  3. They built up a monument to soldier who were killed in the war.

  4. what will/ would you do next summer vacation?

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  1. There are no girls in my class.
    There are not any girls in my class.

  2. He teaches at a school in New York. He goes to school every working day.

  3. They built a monument to soldiers who were killed in the war.
    ‘Build up’ is a special term not applicable here:
    oxfordlearnersdictionaries.c … h/build-up

  4. What will you do next summer vacation?
    What would you do next summer vacation if you were not able to … (conditional)

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Many thanks Beeeneees for your kindness and talking your precious time to help us.

Return the old one, I am still just a bit confused.

in this case “It is very hot today. I wish I … on the beach now.” A. were B.was C. A and B . I choose C( that inlude both were/ was") Is this right?

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Beeesneees,

  1. Carbon dioxide build-up in the atmosphere.
  2. Carbon dioxide builds-up in the atmosphere.
    Which sentence is correct?
    Thanks.
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Carbon dioxide built up in the atmosphere. (in the past)
Carbon dioxide builds up in the atmosphere.
Carbon dioxide build-up in the atmosphere can cause/occur, etc…

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As I said, traditionally the correct term is ‘were’ but ‘was’ has become widely accepted.
Some traditional teachers in some countries will only accept ‘were’.
Teachers who accept changes in the language over time will accept ‘were’ and ‘was’.
In normal conversation, people will accept both.

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Many thanks Beeeneees for your kindness and talking your precious time to help us.

Return the old one, I am still just a bit confused.

in this case “It is very hot today. I wish I … on the beach now.” A. were B.was C. A and B . I choose C( that inlude both were/ was") Is this right?

HI, BEEENEEES, I REALLY NEED THE ANSWER FOR THE ONE. PLEASE HELP ME. Because, I could not do it by myself.

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I answered in message #16 above.
Some people will only accept A as being correct.
Others will accept C as being correct.