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Ov ersæt. - grammatik
På forhånd tak. Mvh Louise
Bilen
For 75 år siden drømte mange fremskridtsvenlige mennesker om at eje en bil. Men drøm og virkelighed er to meget forskellige ting. Kun de rigeste havde nok penge til at købe en.
Biler var sjældne.
Gamle folk på landet var rædselsslagne, når de hørte en af de frygtelige maskiner. De lavede forfærdelig larm; de stank, og de bevægede sig så hurtigt, at øjet ikke kunne følge dem. Intet under at heste og andre dyr flygtede i panik, når de kom. Nogle troede at det var djævlen selv, som havde skabt uhyrerne, og at de kom fra helvede. Verdens undergang måtte være nær!
Men måske var de gamle bønder ikke så dumme; måske havde de ret – på en måde.
I dag er der adskillige familier, som har mere end én bil. Der er biler overalt.
Og i dag mener mange, at bilen virkelig er et uhyre. Den slår os ihjel, forurener vores luft, gør os fede og dovne, æder vores penge, drikker vores dyre benzin, ødelægger naturen og vores byer, fordi vi må lave veje, gader og parkeringspladser til den overalt.
Måske sidder djævelen et sted og griner !
The car.
Seventy-five years ago many progressively people dreamt of owning a car.
But dream and reality are two very different things. Only the richest people had enough money to buy one.
Cars were rare.
Older people in the country were terrified when they saw or simply just heard one of those terrible machines.
They made a horrible noise; they stank and they moved so quickly that the eye couldn’t follow them. No wonder that horses and other animals escaped in panic when they came.
Some thought it was the devil himself who had created the monsters, and that they came from hell. The world’s destruction had to be close!
But maybe the old farmers weren’t as stupid, maybe they were right – in a way.
Today there are several families who have more than on car. There are cars everywhere.
And today a lot of people think that the car really is a monster. It kills us, our air, makes us fat and lazy, eats our money, drinks our expensive gas, destroys nature and our cities, because we have to make roads, streets and parking lots for it everywhere.
Maybe the devil sits somewhere and laughs!
Svar #1
15. august 2003 af MHE (Slettet)
Svar #2
15. august 2003 af MHE (Slettet)
Seventy-five years ago many progressively people dreamt of owning a car.
But dream and reality are two very different things. Only the richest people had enough money to buy one.
Cars were rare.
Older people in the country were terrified when they saw or simply just heard one of those terrible machines.
They made a horrible noise; they stank and they moved so quickly that the eye couldn’t follow them. No wonder that horses and other animals escaped in panic when they came.
Some thought it was the devil himself who had created the monsters, and that they came from hell. The world’s destruction had to be close!
But maybe the old farmers weren’t as stupid, maybe they were right – in a way.
Today there are several families who have more than on car. There are cars everywhere.
And today a lot of people think that the car really is a monster. It kills us, our air, makes us fat and lazy, eats our money, drinks our expensive gas, destroys nature and our cities, because we have to make roads, streets and parking lots for it everywhere.
Maybe the devil sits somewhere and laughs!
The car.
Seventy-five years ago many progressive people dreamt of owning a car.
But dream and reality are two very different things. Only the richest people had enough money to buy one.
Cars were rare.
Old people in the country were terrified when they heard one of those terrible machines. They made a horrible noise; they stank and they moved so quickly that the eye could not follow them. No wonder that horses and other animals escaped in panic when they came. Some thought it was the devil himself who had created the monsters, and that they came from hell. The world’s destruction had to be close!
But maybe the old farmers were not as stupid, maybe they were right – in a way.
Today there are several families who have more than one car. There are cars everywhere.
And today a lot of people think that the car really is a monster. It kills us, our air, makes us fat and lazy, eats our money, drinks our expensive gas, and it destroys nature and our cities, because we have to make roads, streets and parking lots for it everywhere.
Maybe somewhere the devil sits and laughs!
Progressively – skal være progressive – ordet er et adjektiv, ikke et adverbium
Older people – skal være old, og IKKE older – der er ikke tale om komparativ her.
Couldn’t og weren’t – skal være could not og were not. Man må ikke bruge sammentrækninger i formelt sprog, dvs. skriftsprog.
On – er ændret til one. Der var nok bare tale om en tyrkfejl dér.
I den sidste sætning har jeg flyttet somewhere op, så det står ved siden af maybe. Det lyder bedre vil jeg mene.
- det skal lige tilføjes, at jeg ikke kiggede specielt meget på den danske tekst, og derfor kan det være, at der er nogle faste udtryk, som jeg har overset.
Svar #3
15. august 2003 af Jean
http://www.studi.dk/forum/?vis=viewmsg&id=10084
Svar #5
17. august 2003 af Kaare (Slettet)
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