Saturday, February 11, 2012

Please edit some words and check for grammar please thank you?

First words are vocab so you have to use it. Please check for grammar



Recurrent: After John has had a stroke in a number of times, the doctor wars that having a stroke can be recurrent for his body

Redolent: John, a botanist, announces that this flower is redolent of perfume.

Redoubtable: Students who are new to this school are redoubtable because they haven’t talked to their classmates yet. However, after going to school for two weeks, they will get used to it.

Redress: After having had an enormous car crash last week, I had to redress the door, side mirror, and a dashboard.

Redundant: Since the chef made many dishes for Queen Elizabeth for her birthday party, he had to throw away redundant dishes.

Refractory: This child is refractory that he doesn’t share candies with others.

Refurbish: After washing the car, you have to refurbish it in order to eliminate any strains.

Refute: A protester refuted to the CEO of the company that they didn’t earn much salary from their jobs.

Please edit some words and check for grammar please thank you?
Recurrent. This word should come directly before the noun it modifies. You do understand the meaning but haven’t used the word quite correctly.You could have said “a recurrent problem for his body.”

“A recurrent theme running through his essays is how the government overtaxes people.”

Redolent.

“Upon opening the door, she noticed that the room was redolent of perfume.”

Redoubtable. This word should immediately precede the force that is redoubtable. And you want your sentence to show you know what the word means.

“The army was up against a redoubtable opposition.”

Redress. Here you are obviously misusing the word. It has nothing to do with cars. This word appears in the U.S. Constitution. It has the meaning of “to correct a wrong.”

“The citizens petitioned the Senators to redress their grievances.”

Redundant. Not bad. Although usually the word refers to words in a sentence that are redundant, your usage is ok but could use a mild clean-up:

“...throw away those dishes that were redundant.”

Refractory

“The refractory child refused to obey his teachers and was always getting into trouble.”

Refurbish. This context you use wouldn’t constitute refurbishing. Refurbishing implies a thorough overhaul and repair.

“The computer was used, but it had been refurbished so that is was as good as new.”

Refute. Make what is refuted the object of the verb. You can’t “refute TO the....” (No preposition after refute.) My sentence is a very typical usage of the word. You refute what you don’t think is true, such as a criminal charge or a philosophical argument.

“He refuted the charge made against him by the policeman.”

To refute is not simply to complain about something as you imply. It is to actually prove through evidence or logical argument that something is incorrect
Reply:Recurrent: Recurrent strokes call for a daily dose of aspirin as a preventative measure.



Redolent: The open window made the room redolent of lilacs.



Redoubtable: The freshman class is always redoubtable about high school, but they soon overcome it.



Redress: The student council made a list of grievances that they requested the school board to redress.



Redundant: The system had redundant safe guards as failure would be unacceptable.



Refractory: Obesity, while a refractory disease, can be controlled with treatment.



Refurbish: The textbooks were refurbished for another year.



Refute: How can one refute the existence of God?

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