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Question English help - 05-02-2008, 03:29 AM

like the sentence "I am new here"

A:she's a new nurse here.
B:she's a nurse new here.
WHICH one is correct? Are both right?

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05-02-2008, 12:01 PM

"A" is correct.


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05-02-2008, 04:18 PM

Adjectives (new) always go before the noun (nurse).


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05-02-2008, 04:58 PM

A is correct.

The new nurse here.
She is the new nurse here.
He is the new nurse here.

It is ok to have 'here' in the sentence, but, generally, it is not necessary.
For example: "She is the new nurse."
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05-03-2008, 11:39 AM

Jaydelart is the new smarty-pants here.

Or you can twist it around and say: The new smarty pants here is Jaydelart.



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05-05-2008, 07:53 PM

I hate my english class..but yes...that's right. Sometime's I wish English wasn't so complicated...I'm taking spanish III and it's driving me crazy...


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05-05-2008, 08:38 PM

english is damn simple ._.

u know that once you had latin

for me german easy cuz its my language but it is really hard..

those are examples for hard languages ...


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05-07-2008, 11:58 AM

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english is damn simple ._.

u know that once you had latin

for me german easy cuz its my language but it is really hard..

those are examples for hard languages ...
I agree...sry about complaining..
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05-07-2008, 03:28 PM

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english is damn simple ._.

u know that once you had latin

for me german easy cuz its my language but it is really hard..

those are examples for hard languages ...
English may seem easy to you, but since I am an editor I see just how difficult it is for even those who speak no other language but English.

I have found that learning French changed my sentence structure in English. Noun and verb placement seems more natural in the romance languages to me for some inexplicable reason. You would think having learned the "King's(Queen's) English" and then American English before French that my grammar would have been solid 17 years later.


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05-07-2008, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by d34thp0odle View Post
english is damn simple ._.

u know that once you had latin

for me german easy cuz its my language but it is really hard..

those are examples for hard languages ...

Actually, English is one of the hardest languages to learn.


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