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ELOJOLIE274
France

horoscope signs
 
Hi!
i �d like to check something, could you tell me if the following sentences are correct?


Sandra is not a Leo.

The girl who will find a new job is a Gemini.

Alice is neither a Leo nor an Aries.

Something bad will happen on Monday to Scorpios.


I think they are right but since in French you don �t put the determiner before the sign I �m sometimes confused...

Thanks for everything!!!



2 Jun 2010      





magneto
Greece

They �re correct. In English you use the determiner.

2 Jun 2010     



Babs1966
France

They look correct to me too ;)

2 Jun 2010     



fifey
United Kingdom

They all look fine  to me. One could be altered slightly, but it �s not absolutely necessary.
 
You could say:

The girl, who is looking for a new job is a Gemini.

�Is looking � just flows better in this sentence, but as i said, it �s not necessary to change it.

2 Jun 2010     



ELOJOLIE274
France

thank you very much!
it �s for my new logic game, so those sentences will be in the clues to solve the problem, I just wanted to make sure I was not mistaken... I guess I was just tired and it seems that I �m less confident when I �m tired...
THANKS AGAIN for your quick answers!!!

2 Jun 2010     



Babs1966
France

you are welcome ;)

2 Jun 2010     



magneto
Greece

No problemo:) Goodnight, everyoneSleepy

2 Jun 2010     



vickyvar
Greece

I think  they are fine except the last one:
Something bad will happen on Monday to Scorpios.

I think it should be:

"Something bad will happen to Scorpios on Monday." since the object comes after the verb in the English sentences and the time expressions at the end of the sentence. What I was taught is that the structure of a sentence should be:
subject + verb + (object) + how + where + when.

Maybe I �m making a mistake. Please, correct me.
Thanks

2 Jun 2010     



yanogator
United States

You �re not wrong, vickyvar, but we often change word order in English to emphasize a particular word, so if Monday is more important in the sentence than Scorpios, we would use this word order.
 
Bruce

2 Jun 2010     



elderberrywine
Germany

isn �t this a wonderfully helpful site??
Hug

2 Jun 2010     



ELOJOLIE274
France

thanks again!!!

2 Jun 2010     

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