Followingの例文や意味・使い方に関するQ&A

A: It means they have had alcohol to drink.

A: Then a is greater than b, but only if one of the following is true:

A: The following year is the next year.

It is the year that follows after.

"In 2015 I planned to see more penguins the following year."

I planned to see more penguins this year.

A: It also implies that the opinion is not super amazing, but because the speaker is famous and well-regarded, even a bit of praise from him is a good thing.

A: It means "I am all for it!" or "I agree, let's do it!".

A: For the first one I think you were trying to say "Last Friday I wanted to go to the supermarket to buy some ingredients to make a cake." And for the second one you were already wanting to go to the supermarket to buy the ingredients and you did make a cake. I would go for the one I said earlier.

A: The way you've used "blaming" doesn't work in first-person. It'd sound more natural if you broke it up into two sentences, or, if you wanted to keep it in one sentence, use punctuation to separate the clauses. For example:

"I become depressed when my children do not recover from a cold quickly—I blame myself for not taking good enough care of them."

"...the poor care I take of my children" also sounded a bit awkward, so I changed it in the sentence above.

A: Go, stay, am/is, swim, eat, sail, see, play, buy, are

A: Too many writers spoil their style with verbosity and self-importance

A: Be more specific here:

1. S + relate ~
2. Be + relating
3. Be+ related
4. Be + relevant.

What are you asking?

A: 둘 다 같지만 약간 부자연 스럽습니다. 대신 다음과 같습니다: '' It's the following through on that commitment that I have issues with.


1. 첫 번째 문장: 약속에 따라
2. 약속 문제 (아니 약속에 따라)

A:

Before is incorrect

Until ✔️

A: "Please refer to the following" means to pay attention to the information they give you, or ask you to.

Please refere to the following documents.

or during a presentation they may say, Please refer to the following.

Please refer to the below is incorrect.

A: The following year refers to the year immediately after.
"Juniors should graduate in the following year."

The following years refer to more than one year.
"You can get a promotion in the following years."

A: "Please refer *to* the following instructions" is correct.
下記の説明を参照して下さい

"As follows" というと 「下記のように」なので
"refer the instructions as follows" は少し不自然。
"Please refer to the directions shown below" などならOKだと思うけど。

"As follows" の場合は
”The instructions are as follows”
「説明は下記のようになります」みたいな。

○　A is as follows (Aは下記のようです)
×　Please refer to A as follows (動詞＋A＋as follows) ×

A: "That boat has sailed" or "the boat has sailed" is an idiom in English, so it's always said as if it's a specific boat.

A: :)

A: Yes, sounds great.

A: "I will never forget that my teacher hit me for the trivial reason that I forgot to do my homework sometimes."

(Trivial = 細かい)

A: Like the previous person said, "Work smarter, not harder." This is a very common phrase used in the US. You will hear this in schools, businesses, and TV.

A: The first sentence, #1.
Reason being: The event of Wilhelm Roentgen being the first person to receive the Nobel Prize in Physics was in the past.

If Wilhelm Roentgen receiving the Nobel Prize in Physics was a more recent event, say within the last few days, then "is" would be a better word choice. It would be equivocal to a newspaper or broadcasting station reporting recent events. However, because he received the prize in the far past, "was" would be best.

A:
I think #3 sounds natural.
The opposite of “work” is “leisure”.

A: The leaders of most large, rich, expensive companies have offices in the corners of buildings because they have better views, more windows, etc. Using "corner offices" in this sense is a metaphor for other CEOs.

As far as red-toothed, I'm not 100% sure but having red teeth could mean that the teeth are covered in blood - so in this case, red-toothed success would imply that success was found ruthlessly, at whatever cost.

A: @Apolo84
The first time I took it means: the first time I made the driving text.
The sentence also makes sense without "I took it", but using it the sentence is more precise

A: Number 4, "they might seem to have been ill" is ungrammatical and not a proper sentence. Number 5, "They might have seemed to have been ill" is rather complicated and not the way in which people usually speak and communicate. You could instead simply say "they might have seemed to be ill". It still conveys that it might have seemed they had been ill. I understand the points you are trying to make but these two sentences are unnatural.