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Appendix 4

UNIT 36
1 There's no need for you to help cook the meal. Just sit down and enjoy. X
*" Just sit down and enjoy it. • ('enjoy' is transitive) (In current informal spoken English,
some people - particularly young people - use 'enjoy' intransitively. For example, you
might hear 'Just sit down and enjoy.' or simply 'Enjoy!' This is particularly common in
North American English.)
2 A: Tom's 50 tomorrow. B: Yes, I know it. X
'•" Yes, I know. • (In most of its meanings, 'know' is transitive. However, in short
answers like this we don't use 'it' (an object).)
UNIT 37
1 I refuse you to go on the trip. X
<•" Possible correction: I refuse to allow you to go on the trip. */
2 He made me to do it. X
<*" He made me do it. •/

UNIT 38
1 Did you remember buying some milk on your way home? X
<•" Did you remember to buy some milk on your way home? •

2 If the stain doesn't come out of your shirt when you wash it, try to soak it first in bleach. X
<*" If the stain doesn't come out of your shirt when you wash it, try soaking it first in
bleach. •

UNIT 39
1 He advised me giving up smoking. X
*• He advised giving up smoking, or He advised me to give up smoking, t/

2 I heard a bottle smashing. X
•" I heard a bottle smash. •

UNIT 40
1 I told where we should meet. X
'*" I told him where we should meet. ^ (An object is necessary)
2 She asked me the way how to get to the city centre. X
** She asked me the way to the city centre, or She asked me how to get to the city centre, t/
(We don't use 'how' and 'the way' together)
3 She debated if to tell her mother about the accident. X
*" She debated whether to tell her mother about the accident. •*

UNIT 41
1 When I went to the dentist last week I got two teeth taken out. X
<•" When I went to the dentist last week I had two teeth taken out. t/ (Although 'got' might
be used in informal English, 'had' is more likely here because it is normally dentists that
decide to take teeth out. The sentence with 'get' suggests that the speaker decided to have
the teeth taken out.) '...I had two teeth out.' is also possible.
2 I'd like this parcel to send to Malaysia, please. How much will it cost? X
*• I'd like this parcel sent to Malaysia, please, or I'd like to send this parcel to Malaysia,
please. ^
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