2015-05-11 Workshop: invention vote & corrections

Greg Malivuk
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Choose the best 3 inventions that people talked about on Friday.
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If your invention already exists: use present tense
If you will create your invention in the future: use future tense
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Only you can use it in the summer. = only you, no one else
You can only use it in the summer. = only in the summer, no other time
You can use only it in the summer. = only it, you can’t use anything else
You can use it only in the summer. = only in the summer, no other time

You can only talk to me after class.
   = You can talk to me only after class. (“You can only talk to me *after* class.”)
or = You can talk to only me after class. (“You can only talk to *me* after class.”)

Only you can talk to me after class. = just you, no other person
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My invention can be used by everyone. (passive)
Everyone can use my invention. (active)
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* Every people can use it.
-> Every person can use it. (“every” is singular)
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Be careful with Google Translate - it often gives words that you shouldn’t use in this context
For example, translating from Spanish might give: “I will sit in the bank and feed the birds.”
But, what you want is, “I will sit on the bench and feed the birds.” There are no birds in the bank, and the first sentence is confusing.

(If I write “wrong word” on your paper, this is probably what happened.)
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I use the Merriam-Webster dictionary (there’s a free app). In level 3, it might be better to find a student dictionary or learner dictionary.