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...pre-school kids’ sounds oddly specific to me..

I don't know what "specific" means here.

I have a hunch the sentence will become more natural if I leave out "pre-school"?

He came by scooter with two kids.

(I intended to emphasize the kids are at the pre-school age.)

"He came by scooter with two pre-school kids" Thank you. (I was still thinking if I need to say, He came by riding the scooter with... to say clearly it's he who rode the scooter. But I think it's also redundant now. ("pre school kids" isn't wrong, but it gives the air of a chil...

Q: Is the sentence more natural with "being" or without? Or does it make little difference? Or is the sentence just unnatural in either way?
Thank you.

He came by scooter with two pre-school kids being carried on it.

Is the passage grammatical? Thank you. 1.Wenn man Wasser hältst tragen will , kannst kann man Eimer benutzen. Nur einer kann viel beinhalten/ besitzen/ Bergen/ tragen . 2. Wenn man aber [ überhaupt / gar ] keinen Eimer keine Eimer oder andere Sachen / Dinge / Behälter hat, kann man einem dir auch di...

Q: What is the "aus" for? Which word(s) does it combine with? Thank you.

Von dieser Stelle aus hat man eine tolle Sicht.
(There is a great view from this point.

die Stelle: position, point,
- toll: great
- die Sicht: sight, view

Das deutsche Verb "entsprechen" entspricht dem englischen Ausdruck "correspond to". Dieser enthält "to", was erklärt, warum das Objekt des deutschen Verbs ein Dativ ist. (The German verb "entsprechen" corresponds to the English expression "correspond to&q...

Ich habe bitte eine Frage zur Wortstellung . Der Satz ist von einem Deutschen : (I have a word order question please. The sentence is from a German: Da im englischen Satz von "is" die Rede ist, deutet das eher darauf hin, dass A und B im Singular zu verwenden ist. - auf etw.D hindeuten : i...

My summary on your replies. The princess imprisoned, all princes went to save her. - Natural. The princess imprisoned is a nominative absolute. - In a nominative absolute a passive tone is more natural than an active tone. - Usu. with only one argument. - An active tone in a nominative absolute migh...

Today I really had a big breakthrough in English under the help of bradrn. I think I've never been so clear about the tense consistency among clauses in a sentence. I went back to review my writing practices in another forum and have found this one, corrected by Linguoboy. Now I can easily understan...

I think I've got it. 1. If my understanding is correct, it will become grammatical by changeing the sentence into the present tense: The kids playing on their computers, we are able to enjoy some time alone. 2. And, for a dependent clause, it is grammatical no matter in a present or in a past tense ...

I saw this sentence in Wikipedia. With the kids playing on their computers, we were able to enjoy some time alone. Q : Is it still grammatical without "with" ? (And the meaning is still the same? Or it has changed?) The kids playing on their computers, we were able to enjoy some time alone.

Ich möchte es* sagen "does it mean so?". Vielleicht Meist Meint es so? [*] Q :Is it correct to use the dummy object "es" this way (so as to move a very long object backward)? (Of course the object here "does it mean so" is not very long and the sentence may perhaps jus...

What if the sentence, a standing added? If it's grammatical, is it very formal or something? Thank you.

4.1 There was a forest, deep in it standing a tower, where lived a fair maiden.

Denn ich habe ins Wörterbuch gesagt, *1) ... *1) This doesn't make sense - "I have said into the dictionary"???? What you meant to say is probably I've seen in the dictionary or the dictionary says and then you got the two mixed up? Dann ich habe im Wörterbuch gesehen ... Q : Ich werde zu...

4. :?: "There was a forest, deep in it a tower, where lived a fair maiden." Not only is the fourth sentence non-idiomatic, it is also totally ungrammatical. The phrase ‘deep in it a tower’ is at fault here: there are situations where you can create a clause without a verb, but not very ma...

(Heute habe ich keine Frage.)
I just wants to share a life event occurring on me, a tense communication in LEO German forum: see here. (bitter laugh.)
I am not seeking comfort or support. I don't need that. I am perhaps just letting you know what kind of a person I am.

I've made a four-sentence passage, something like a fairy tale, and this is the first sentence. 1. * Deep in a forest, there was a tower, where lived a pretty girl. And I received corrections accompanied with comments, 2. Deep in the forest, there was a tower where a beautiful girl/ fair maiden live...

Ich habe eine Frage zu den "dar" und "da" in der Sätzen , die ich heute gelesen habe. (I have a question about the "dar" and "da" in the sentences I read today. Allgemein zur Frage, ob "ist besser" oder "sind besser": das hängt natürlich da...

Rounin Ryuuji wrote:...

Thank you, Mr. Dragon. XD. I've been looking forward to receiving more corrections to my English.
"I (also) have the same question about the sentence."

Von diesem auch: What do you want to say here? Something like, "Also from about this sentence I have the same question: Which expression is more common? Based on / concerning / about this sentence I have the same question. "Wenn sie mir bloß eine Chance gegeben hätte!" Vielleicht sol...