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Woodstock1969~1994 - 21 Mar 2006 07:50 GMT

1. How many sizes do your product come in?
2. How many sizes does your product come in?
Which is correct?

1. You like these hats? How many pieces would you like?
2. How many would you like?
Which is correct?

1. Our intern is supposed to conduct a market research.
2. Our intern is supposed to conduct market research.
Which is correct?

1. Can we delay to shipping the crates for two more days?
2. Can we delay to ship the crates for two more days?
Which is correct?

1. The problems need to be resolved are the defect ration and the packaging
delays.
2. The problems that need to be resolved are the defect ratio and the
packaging delays.
Which one is correct?

1. We can let you to replace your order.
2. We can let you replace your order.
Which one is correct?

1. I am a managing director for only one year.
2. I have been a managing director for only one year.
Which one is correct?

1. It will be our pleasure treating you to dinner.
2. It will be our pleasure to treat you to dinner.
Which one is correct, and what's wrong with the other?

Thank you.

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Enrico C - 21 Mar 2006 13:49 GMT

On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 14:50:15 +0800, Woodstock1969~1994 wrote in
<news:dvo7na$5dg$1@news.seed.net.tw> on
misc.education.language.english :

> Which is correct?

I believe choice No. 2 is correct for all questions.

(I am not an English native speaker, though. Wait for other opinions).

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Diny Fluttert - 21 Mar 2006 18:27 GMT

I agree with Enrico, I also am not a native speaker but love to learn the
language better.
In the 7th question number 1 and number 2 could be right. It all depends on
if it is present or past tense.
Please tell me if my sentences were right or did I made a mistake also???

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Tomasz Dryjanski - 22 Mar 2006 17:48 GMT

>I agree with Enrico, I also am not a native speaker but love to learn the
>language better.
> In the 7th question number 1 and number 2 could be right. It all depends
> on if it is present or past tense.
> Please tell me if my sentences were right or did I made a mistake also???

I am also not a native speaker. ;)
Well, are there any on the newsgroup?

I'm not sure if "I also am not" is correct. I'd rather write "I am also
not",
as I did above. "did I made" is surely bad. It should be "did I make" there.
Besides, you should write "or I did make", or just "I made", because
this is a compound sentence. And I think "I also made a mistake"
would be a better syntax.

T. D.

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pete - 28 Mar 2006 22:39 GMT

hey!
do you just want to know what is correct or do you want to know why it
is correct or not?
let me know

1. How many sizes do your product come in?
2. How many sizes does your product come in?
Which is correct?

1. You like these hats? How many pieces would you like?
2. How many would you like?
Which is correct?

1. Our intern is supposed to conduct a market research.
2. Our intern is supposed to conduct market research.
Which is correct?

1. Can we delay to shipping the crates for two more days?
2. Can we delay to ship the crates for two more days?
Which is correct?

1. The problems need to be resolved are the defect ration and the
packaging
delays.
2. The problems that need to be resolved are the defect ratio and the
packaging delays.
Which one is correct?

1. We can let you to replace your order.
2. We can let you replace your order.
Which one is correct?

1. I am a managing director for only one year.
2. I have been a managing director for only one year.
Which one is correct?

1. It will be our pleasure treating you to dinner.
2. It will be our pleasure to treat you to dinner.
Which one is correct, and what's wrong with the other?

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Samantha da Silva - 22 Mar 2006 09:56 GMT

> 1. How many sizes do your product come in?
> 2. How many sizes does your product come in?
> Which is correct?

2 is correct

> 1. You like these hats? How many pieces would you like?
> 2. How many would you like?
> Which is correct?

2 is correct

> 1. Our intern is supposed to conduct a market research.
> 2. Our intern is supposed to conduct market research.
> Which is correct?

2 is correct

> 1. Can we delay to shipping the crates for two more days?
> 2. Can we delay to ship the crates for two more days?
> Which is correct?

It would be more correct to say "Can we delay shipping the crates for
two more days?" but if you must choose between the two given, I'd say 2
is the better choice

> 1. The problems need to be resolved are the defect ration and the packaging
> delays.
> 2. The problems that need to be resolved are the defect ratio and the
> packaging delays.
> Which one is correct?

2 is correct

> 1. We can let you to replace your order.
> 2. We can let you replace your order.
> Which one is correct?

2 is correct

> 1. I am a managing director for only one year.
> 2. I have been a managing director for only one year.
> Which one is correct?

2 is correct

> 1. It will be our pleasure treating you to dinner.
> 2. It will be our pleasure to treat you to dinner.
> Which one is correct, and what's wrong with the other?

2 is better. I can't really say what's wrong with the first,
instinctively I would just choose 2.

Hope that helps.

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