On 3 Aug 2007, at 00:13, Alfonso Urdaneta wrote:
Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.
The version I'm familiar with is "Time flies like the wind, fruit
flies like bananas".
A quick netsearch gives that both version are attributed to Groucho
Marx, with no reference.
As for the original topic:
example 1: be able to
=========
Identifier Beginner Instances Advised user
action
---------- -------- ---------
-------------------
to be able to Yes be able to (weak
definition)
to be able to Yes am able to (weak
definition)
to be able to Yes are able to (weak
definition)
to be able to Yes was able to (weak
definition)
to be able to Yes were able to (weak
definition)
example 2: along the line
=========
Identifier Beginner Instances Advised user
action
---------- -------- ---------
-------------------
along the line No along the line (avoid)
along the line No along the line of like (or omit)
along the line No along the lines (avoid)
along the line No along the lines of like (or omit)
along the line No along these lines (overworked
phrase, avoid)
along the line No along those lines (avoid)
Beginner indicates errors usually made by people not fluent in the
language.
My English university grammar indicates sentences such as:
She wouldn't be able to do it today.
From the description above, it looks as though the program suggests
that is a beginner error. So what does the program do?
Also, I was unable to compile it on Mac OS X 10.4.10 - ./configure
asks for build type.
Hans Aberg
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