Thread: nedd some hellp

Could you check the sentense:

There must be some discrepancy between the evidence and the conclusions the police have drawn (??from??) that evidence

Yes, I've checked my dictionary, "from" is correct.

You can draw a conclusion from something and also about something.

Originally Posted by Chuvak

Could you check the sentence:

There must be some discrepancy between the evidence and the conclusions the police have drawn (??from??) that evidence

Agreed. Sounds perfectly fine.

The key word is "draw", which has within it the idea of "pulling". It's etymologically related to the word "drag" (the Old English word for "draw" was "dragan", произносится что-то вроде /дра-ен/ ).

In short: "draw from" is a common verb phrase.

thank you!!!

Could you also check the matching of the following word combinations:

to spend time---------- to pass time
to have a good/great--time to enjoy oneself
to waste time-----------to spend time carelessly
ahead of time---------- before it is too late
in time-------------------early, in advance
on time------------------at the appointed time
for the time being------temporarily
from time to time-------now and then
in no time---------------very soon, very quickly
plenty of time-----------a lot of time
take your time----------do not hurry
to have a hard time---- have difficulty (doing smth.)

Thanks in advance

You got 2 wrong. Should be:

ahead of time---------- early, in advance
in time-------------------before it is too late

Thank you very much!!
BTW, can I say "the weather on Tuesday, morning was very fascinating" ???
(i.e., is the adjective 'fascinating' appropriate when you describe something which is worth seeing, which is very great and cool ???)

Originally Posted by Chuvak

Thank you very much!!
BTW, can I say "the weather on Tuesday[,] morning was very fascinating" ???
(i.e., is the adjective 'fascinating' appropriate when you describe something which is worth seeing, which is very great and cool ???)

I confess that I've never heard it used that way, but I would not blink if someone did. People would probably be more colloquial ("The weather was really odd | strange | bizarre | weird.") But, sure ... you could say "fascinating" without any problems.

Maybe if you were talking to a meteorologist.

"The weather was truly fascinating, a mix of cirrus and cumulinimbus clouds combined to create a lovely display of atmospheric....."

Originally Posted by basurero

Maybe if you were talking to a meteorologist.

"The weather was truly fascinating, a mix of cirrus and cumulonimbus clouds combined to create a lovely display of atmospheric....."