Sept. 24, 2025
Practice
1) People in big cities are so detached. They don't even have time for a simple greeting.
2) Jack is a very driving student. He is always curious about knowleage.
3) -What kind of calligraphy is this? -It's Chinese cursive.
4) -How's your mission? Have you encountered any troubles? -No. No hitch at all.
5) Her biggest deficiency is that she can't face her own problem.
Practice
1) People in big cities are so detached.
They don't even have time for a simple greeting.
2) Jack is a very drivingen student.
"Driven" is the adjective used here because "driving" is already a verb used to say "to drive".
He is always curious about knowleadge.
"Knowledge"
This sentence is grammatically correct, but doesn't really make sense because "knowledge" is a vague topic (not like something specific like geography, literature, etc). Another way of communicating your meaning would be, "He loves to learn," "He seeks knowledge", or "He always wants to learn more".
4) -How's your mission going?
5) Her biggest deficiency is that she can't face her own problem.
"Deficiency" feels off used here because it's normally only used in a technical context (e.g. "The car has no deficiencies in the transmission") or to describe a very specific type of problem ("Her deficiencies are more than made up through her cheerful attitude."). In this sentence, "problem" is the bigger category and "deficiency" is the more specific word that tells us information about what kind of problem she has, so the order they're in feels off (going from detailed to broad instead of broad to detailed).
Sept. 24, 2025
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1) People in big cities are so detached. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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They don't even have time for a simple greeting. This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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2) Jack is a very driving student. 2) Jack is a very driv "Driven" is the adjective used here because "driving" is already a verb used to say "to drive". |
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He is always curious about knowleage. He is always curious about knowle "Knowledge" This sentence is grammatically correct, but doesn't really make sense because "knowledge" is a vague topic (not like something specific like geography, literature, etc). Another way of communicating your meaning would be, "He loves to learn," "He seeks knowledge", or "He always wants to learn more". |
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3) -What kind of calligraphy is this? |
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-It's Chinese cursive. |
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4) -How's your mission? 4) -How's your mission going? |
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Have you encountered any troubles? |
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-No. |
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No hitch at all. |
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5) Her biggest deficiency is that she can't face her own problem. 5) Her biggest deficiency is that she can't face her own problem. "Deficiency" feels off used here because it's normally only used in a technical context (e.g. "The car has no deficiencies in the transmission") or to describe a very specific type of problem ("Her deficiencies are more than made up through her cheerful attitude."). In this sentence, "problem" is the bigger category and "deficiency" is the more specific word that tells us information about what kind of problem she has, so the order they're in feels off (going from detailed to broad instead of broad to detailed). |
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