1.Susan made small and cute teddy bears. (In this sentence, what is the meaning of 'teddy'?)
2. I like both Tom and Don.
2-1. I like Tom and Don.
2-2. I want to marry Tom or Don.
2-3. I like neither Tom nor Don.
2-4. I don't like Tom, and I don't like Don, either.
( Are all grammatical? What is the difference between #2 and #2-1? Does 2-3 mean 2-4? Are both the same?)
3. He got married to Jane in 1992.
3-2. He was married to Jane in 1992.
(Are both the same?)
4. He was a great artist and scientist.
4-2. He was a great artist and a scientist.
4-3. They were a great artist and a scientist.
4-4. They were a great artist and scientist.
(Are they all grammatical?)
5. Slow and steady wins the race.
(What is the part of speech of 'slow' and'steady'?)
6. I didn't go to the movies after I bought the DVD player.
(What is the full form of 'DVD'? Digital video disc or digital versatile disc? )
7. You need to do some warm-up exercises.
7-1. You need to do some warm-up exercise.
(Can we use both expressions?:the singular form and the plural form.)
1. You should remove the word "and" and insert a comma after "small" -- teddy bears were named after Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt: http://members.tripod.com/~bigbee/history
2. All are grammatical. 2 and 2-1 mean the same. 2-3 and 2-4 mean basically the same, too.
3. Yes, they both mean the same. The word "got" is rather slangy; "was married" is better. Another way to say this is this: "He married Jane in 1992."
4. They are all grammatical, but I don't think 4-4 makes sense. More than one person cannot be two-in-one; the phrase works in 4 but not 4-4.
5. Yes, it's grammatical. In this sentence, the phrase "Slow and steady" seems to be a saying that, altogether, is serving as the subject.
6. The sentence is good. DVD = digital video disk, yes.
7. Both are OK, but the first one is used most.
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1. In this context, 'teddy' refers to teddy bears, which are stuffed toy bears.
2. All the options (#2, #2-1, #2-2, #2-3, #2-4) are grammatically correct, but they convey different meanings:
- #2 simply states that the speaker likes both Tom and Don without specifying any further.
- #2-1 is a more concise way of expressing the same idea.
- #2-2 expresses a desire to marry either Tom or Don.
- #2-3 states that the speaker doesn't like either Tom or Don.
- #2-4 emphasizes that the speaker doesn't like Tom and also doesn't like Don.
3. Both sentences (#3 and #3-2) convey the same meaning, that is, the person got married to Jane in 1992. The only difference is the use of the verb 'get' in sentence #3 and the passive form 'was married' in sentence #3-2.
4. Grammatically, sentence #4 is correct, while sentences #4-2 and #4-3 have subject-verb agreement issues. Sentence #4-4 is also grammatically correct and conveys the same meaning as sentence #4.
5. In the sentence "Slow and steady wins the race," 'slow' and 'steady' are adjectives. They describe the qualities of the subject, which is implied to be a participant in a race.
6. The full form of 'DVD' can stand for either "Digital Video Disc" or "Digital Versatile Disc." Both terms are used interchangeably to refer to the same type of optical storage media.
7. Both expressions are valid depending on the intended meaning:
- "You need to do some warm-up exercises" suggests that the person should perform multiple warm-up exercises.
- "You need to do some warm-up exercise" implies focusing on a specific warm-up routine or activity.