Some sentences. Please help me!

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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Is this sentence right?

  1. The boy who is Mrs Quyen talking to?

  2. Is it right when I say ordinal number ending with “ty”. I have to change “y” into “ie”

and add “th” like: twenty -> twentieth
Forty -> fortieth

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  1. Who is the boy Mrs Quyen is talking to?
  2. yes[YSaerTTEW443543]

TOEIC listening, photographs: Going by rail[YSaerTTEW443543]

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To whom is Mrs Quyen talking?
To whom Mrs Quyen talking?

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Hi Noren, only your first option is correct.

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Thanks all Tutors and friends. However, with only these words I have to rearrange a new sentence. So please help me more.

  1. Mrs/ the boy/ to/ whom/ Quyen/ talking/ is?
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Thanks all Tutors and friends. However, with only these words I have to rearrange a new sentence. So please help me more.

  1. Mrs/ the boy/ to/ whom/ Quyen/ talking/ is?

  2. Is this sentence right? " Do you want some/ any fish?"

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Are you sure you’ve written (1) correctly?

2 yes. Both are possible.

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yes, Beeeneees “1” is correctly, I based on a material. If it is not right. Please help me to write it correctly again. Many thanks.

One more, please help me.

  1. Is this sentence right? “What do you want?” " I need a cooking oil".

  2. “They don’t want some chicken?”

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What do you want?
I need cooking oil.
(No article as ‘oil’ is uncountable.)

‘1’ is not correct. You will not make a sentence out of all those phrases.

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Is this right? " They don’t want some chicken?"

  1. How much/ beef do you want?

  2. What will you do/ are you going to do next summer vacation?

  3. lan is still a student in secondary school.

  4. Do your father have some brother?

  5. Are there some eggs on the box?

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They want some chicken. <-- correct
They don’t want any chicken. <-- correct
Do you want some chicken? <-- correct
Do you want any chicken? <-- correct

They don’t want some chicken. <-- incorrect

All correct:
How much beef do you want?
What will you do next summer?
What are you going to do next summer?
What will you do on your next summer vacation?
What are you going to do on your next summer vacation?
Ian is still in secondary school.
Ian is still a student in secondary school.
Ian is still in secondary education.
Does you father have a brother?
Does your father have any brothers?
Does your father have brothers?
Does your father have some brothers?
Are there any eggs in the box?
Are there some eggs in the box?
Are there some/any eggs left in the box?
Are there eggs in the box?
Are there eggs left in the box?

on the box is possible, but indicates that the eggs are not inside the box, they are just sitting on the lid of the box.

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I can’t use whom please help me

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***** NOT A TEACHER *****

Hello, Leonor:

You are not the only one who is confused by that scambled sentence. I am, too.

It seems that there is a missing “who” and a missing “is.”

Then the sentence could read:

Who is the boy whom Mrs. Quyen is talking to?
Who is the boy to whom Mrs. Quyen is talking?

OR:

Maybe the “whom” in the scrambled sentence should be “who” and there should be another “is”:

Who is the boy Mrs. Quyen is talking to? (It is not necessary in regular English to use the “whom” in that sentence.)

James

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I think this might be useful too: Who vs. whom[YSaerTTEW443543]

TOEIC listening, photographs: A happy couple[YSaerTTEW443543]

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Thanks James, sometimes I have a doubt when I need to use “whom” your replay was very important to me. Leonor

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Thanks James, I usually have a doubt with “whom”, In this case I was thinking about to write “who”, and the forum allows me to ask before and that is great for me. English grammar is not easy. Leonor

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Dear webmasters, what is the meaning of message “17”?

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***** NOT A TEACHER *****

Hello, Leonor:

Do not feel bad. Believe me: most native speakers do not really understand the use of those two words.

I urge you to learn the use of those words, for this knowledge will help you in your career if you plan to do a lot of writing. I have no doubt that people respect speakers (and writers) who show that they have command of those two words.

If you study the matter hard, you CAN learn them. Sometimes, however, even the best educated native speakers have to think about the matter before choosing the correct pronoun.

Whenever you have a question about which pronoun to use in a particular sentence, just post it in this forum. You will receive many answers.

James

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