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2014-10-20 Workshop: more chair story corrections

Oct 20th, 2014
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  2. ---
  3. He needs to study flying.
  4.  
  5. He dreamed about flying. / He dreamed of flying.
  6. (no "in" or "with" or "to", only "of" and "about")
  7.  
  8. He had a dream that he was flying.
  9. He dreamed that he was flying.
  10. (we can also think or dream + that + sentence)
  11.  
  12. "could" is the past of "can"
  13. "would" is the past of "will"
  14.  
  15. Go to another place. Come here.
  16. If I am not in his home, and he is not in his home, then we talk about "go home", not "come home".
  17.  
  18. Go to New York. Come to school. Walk to the 8th floor.
  19. Arrive in New York. Arrive at school. Arrive on the 8th floor.
  20.  
  21. Most locations:
  22. go to the bank
  23. go to the store
  24. go to the airport
  25.  
  26. A few locations:
  27. go to school
  28. go to church
  29. go to work
  30.  
  31. Only "home":
  32. go home
  33. ---
  34. She's standing in her yard. (the whole area, like "Boston")
  35. She's standing on the lawn. (the surface, like "Main St.")
  36.  
  37. (correct) a big red balloon
  38. (incorrect) a red big balloon
  39. ---
  40. in that moment -> at that moment -> at that time (most common)
  41. ---
  42. myself ourselves
  43. yourself yourselves
  44. himself
  45. herself themselves
  46. itself
  47. ---
  48. He was the town's tale. -> He was the talk of the town.
  49. ---
  50. Furthermore = adding directly to the last idea
  51. In addition = another thing that also happened
  52.  
  53. On the contrary = directly opposite to the previous sentence
  54. However/Nevertheless = different from the previous sentence
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