They claimed to have solved the problems and others. please help me to correct

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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  1. They claimed ______ the problem.
    A. have solved B. solve C. solving D. to have solved

  2. She is tall enough for her to play volleyball.

  3. She has enough money for her to buy a new villa.

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1.They claimed to have solved the problem.
2. She is tall enough to play volleyball.
3. She has enough money to buy a new villa.

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Many thanks for your helpp.

In # 2 and 3, it meant that we only use “for somebody” when there are two different subjects like:

there is enough money for us to buy a new villa.
The water is cool enough for us to drink.

So if there is the same subject, we don’t us “for somebody”, RIGHT?

such as: She is tall enough for her to rich the top shelf. THis sentence is wrong?

And some things please help me.

  1. How much waste paper does each household produce/ litter every day?

  2. can you tell me how much energy does this bulb use/ this bulb uses?

  3. Dalat is the city which/ where/ in which I have visited several times.

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She is tall enough to reach the top shelf.
You are correct - ‘for her’ is wrong.

  1. produce
    2.Can you tell me how much energy this bulb uses?
  2. Dalat is a city which I have visited several times.
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Many thanks, Beeeneees,

Some more things, please help me

Are these senteces right?

  1. I have met her on 20th mornings.

  2. There are a lot of folk games for children in lunar new year.

  3. Sometimes, I feel reall sad; however, I do not know how to overcome it. So I have beared it by myself.

4 How much milk are there in the bottble?

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  1. I met her on the 20th morning (last month).
  2. There are a lot of folk games for children in the new lunar year.
  3. Sometimes, I feel really sad; I do not know how to overcome it. So I (bear) have borne it myself.
  4. How much milk is there in the bottle?
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Hi Tuyet, I don’t agree with Anglophile about his examples 1 - 3, though he has corrected sentence 4 for you.

[color=red]1. I have met her on 20th mornings.
[color=blue]I met her on the 20th morning (last month).

Both the above are incorrect. If Anglophile’s version is the intended meaning, then it should be:
I met her on the morning of the 20th.

  1. [color=red]There are a lot of folk games for children in lunar new year.
    [color=blue]There are a lot of folk games for children in the new lunar year.

Anglophile’s sentence3 does not carry the same meaning as the original sentence. “Lunar New Year” is the correct word order.
I suspect the correct version should be:
There are a lot of folk games for children about the Lunar New Year.

  1. [color=red]Sometimes, I feel reall sad; however, I do not know how to overcome it. So I have beared it by myself.
    [color=blue]Sometimes, I feel really sad; I do not know how to overcome it. So I (bear) have borne it myself.

Anglophile’s final verb tense is a mismatch.
The correct version would be:
Sometimes, I feel really sad; I do not know how to overcome it, so I just bear it.

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many thanks,

Some more sentences, please help me to clearify them

  1. I think we should go to school by bike/ bikes

    1. If you walk into the road without looking, you risk _____ knocked down.
      A. been B. to be C. be D. being
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I think we should go to school by bike. (bike = the mode of transport we should use.)
I think we should go to school on our bikes.

If you walk into the road without looking, you risk being knocked down.

  • Only the -ing form works in this context.
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Many thanks got it,

There are some sentences, I have rewrote, please help me to correct them.

  1. That cat is very lovely. => What a/ the lovely cat.

  2. What is your weight? => How heavy are you? If there is any else, please help me to write it down.

  3. He works more hours than his wife. => His wife works less/ fewer hours than him.

    1. My friend is a good singer. =>My friend sings well.
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That cat is very lovely. => How lovely that cat is!
He works more hours than his wife. => His wife works (for) fewer hours (less time) than he.
(I have [color=red]rewrote > I have [color=green]rewritten)

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“What do you weigh?”

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Many thanks for your help.

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Please help mee to correct these sentences, many thanks

  1. My job is an engineer.

  2. My father goes to job.

  3. there are many work/ job.

  4. Fish is/ are expensive.

  5. How much is/ are the trousers?

  6. No one has my telephone number, have they?

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  1. My job is engineering. / I am an engineer.
  2. My father goes to work.
  3. There are many jobs. / There is much work.
  4. Fish is expensive (fish in general)? Fish are expensive (individual pieces of fish).
  5. How much are the trousers. (always treated as a pair of trousers.)
  6. Okay, but ‘do they?’ would be the most common tag.
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Are these sentences right, if not please help me

  1. In new year/ in the new year, I visited my grandfathers. Hopefully in new/ the new year I will meet a lot of luck.

  2. In this sentence " We will have fish for lunch" In order to make a question for the word “FISH” may I write :“What will you/ we have for lunch?”

  3. Where is your brother ? and the answer is “My brother is going to the bank.”

  4. When did she leave Hanoi? and the answer is “She left Hanoi 2 days ago”

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1.[color=green] In the new year, I visited my grandfather’s. Hopefully in the new year I will have a lot of luck.

  1. In this sentence " We will have fish for lunch" In order to make a question for the word “FISH” may I write :“What will you/ we have for lunch?” [color=green]YES, though ‘shall’ is probably more usual than ‘will’.

  2. Where is your brother? and the answer is “My brother is going to the bank.”. [color=green]YES, alternatively, ‘Where is your brother going?’

  3. When did she leave Hanoi? and the answer is “She left Hanoi 2 days ago” [color=green]YES

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Many thanks Beeeneees for your help.

#2, It meant that I can you both “you and we” I am a bit confuse because the subject is “you” “What shall you/we have for lunch?”???

  1. And in the sentence “he works in an international bank” in order to make question for phrase “in ternational bank” is “Where does he work? or what does he do?”???

  2. In the new year I hope you will become a comprehensive student in our school.\

  3. He doesn’t eat candies/ candy at night.

  4. Her favourite subject are/ is Maths and English.

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What will you have for lunch? - asks about someone else.
What will we have for lunch? - asks about yourself and someone else, where you are planning a shared meal.

Where does he work? - He works in an international bank.
What does he do? - He is a banker/an accountant/a clerk, etc. (in/for an international bank).

  1. I don’t understand what you are trying to say by use of ‘comprehensive’ there. It doesn’t make sense.

  2. Both are possible.

  3. Her favourite subjects are maths and English (two favourite subjects so the plural is needed).

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many thanks, Beeeneees,

#2, I used comprehensive to refer to a student who is good at all sujects and about background knowledge. So could you please suggest me some available words.

Is this sentence right? I go to school not to talk in the/ in class.