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Hello Imran 26
'deed' is a noun with a variety of meanings, whereas 'indeed' is an adverb that is used for emphasis or to express a reaction on the part of the speaker. Please have a look at the dictionary entries, and be sure to read through the examples.
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Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello SonuKumar,
The second and fourth sentences are grammatically possible; the first and third are not. However, none of them scan particularly well and they would be better phrased in a different way.
Peter
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello SonuKumar,
I think something like 'This is the life I can't make a living from' might be better, but it's hard to say if it would be appropriate or even make sense without knowing the context and the style which you are aiming for.
Peter
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello Yerlan,
In your sentence she's is a contracted form of she has. The verb lost is a past participle. Together this forms the present perfect (she's lost = she has lost), which is used because the action took place in the recent past and has a result which is relevant now (she owns a new car).
Kind of is a very flexible phrase and can be used before many different types of word:
Peter
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello Hosseinpour
Those are all fine -- good work!
All the best
Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello SonuKumar
All of them could be acceptable in informal, non-standard English. I'd say the most correct one in standard English would be the second one.
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Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello Imran 26,
Pronoun is the name of one part of speech (type of word) in English. Possessive pronouns are one kind of pronoun, but there are many other kinds.
You can read about the various types of pronoun and how they are categorised linguistically, on the relevant wikipedia page.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pronoun
Peter
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello Backlight
There might be some exercises here in our Grammar reference that would be similar to what you are looking for, but there are so many, I'm afraid I can't recommend specific ones to you. If I understand what you are looking for, the best thing would be to find a teacher who can help you, as correcting sentences that usually requires some explanation. But if you search the internet for grammar exercises, you might find some sites that would have what you are looking for.
Good luck!
All the best
Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello amirfd
Yes, that is grammatically correct. The way it is written sounds more natural, however.
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Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team
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Hello Zeeshan Siddiqii,
I think there is a problem with using 'the way' (a noun) and 'do so' (a question about an action) together. We would usually use its for a hen rather than she, though she is not incorrect.
I would suggest any one of several alternatives:
Peter
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello Zeeshan Siddiqii,
My only suggestion would be to use a linking device to show the contrast:
However, in my view / in our view this is...
Peter
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello hawa100,
'Lone' is an adjective which is used only before a noun: a lone wolf, a lone hunter, a lone protester.
'Alone' as an adjective is used only in two ways. First, after the verb 'be': I was alone in the house. Second, after a noun to mean 'only': She alone knows the truth.
'Alone can also be an adverb: I worked alone all night.
Peter
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello Imran 26,
No, both phrases refer to a single (or most important) aim. You would use plural forms to talk about more than one aim:
My aims in life are...
The aims of my life are...
Peter
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello Imran 26,
This is really a question of convention rather than rules. The phrase 'aim in life' is a common expression, as are 'purpose in life', 'goal in life' and 'ambition in life'.
You can use 'of' but note that we would then say 'the aim' (as 'of' identifies the noun) and use a possessive adjective: 'the aim of my life', 'the purpose of my life' and so on. However, as I said, 'in life' is the normal expression here.
Peter
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello hawa100
In informal situations,normally object forms are used after 'than' and 'as' (e.g. 'She is smarter than him').
Subject forms are more common in formal situations (e.g. sentences 1 and 2). When subject forms are used, a verb often follows them (as in 2).
The subject and object forms of the possessive pronoun 'mine' are identical. Sentence 3 is therefore correct and appropriate in both formal and informal situations.
Sentences 4 and 6 do not make sense because you are comparing a job with a person.
Sentence 5 is not correct because 'as' is not used after a comparison with 'more'. You could say either 'Your job is as difficult as mine' or 'Your job is more difficult than mine', but you cannot mix these two kinds of comparison.
Hope that clears it up for you.
Best wishes
Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team
Hello hawa100
You can say both things. As Peter says, 'before' is probably better because it is often used to say that something happens in the presence of people. But you can use both of them and they describe a situation in which a person is talking and there are other people in front of her. It's not clear whether she is talking to those people or if they happen to be in the same general location as her.
For example, perhaps she is a politician explaining her campaign to a news reporter, but there are other people listening. She is not exactly speaking to those people, but they are there and hear her.
I would probably say this another way, depending on what I meant, but it is correct.
All the best
Kirk
The LearnEnglish Team