lorry concerts
貼文者: qwertz, 2011年8月2日
訊息: 4
語言: English
qwertz (顯示個人資料) 2011年8月2日下午6:05:36
apart of the holy congress locations of UK/Kopenhagen there happened some mini-concert at the cargo area of an small lorry/truck. (How to describe that with more proper English?)
Youtube playlist
ĝp,
ceigered (顯示個人資料) 2011年8月3日上午10:25:36
qwertz:Slu/Sal'Something like "There was some mini-concert in the back of a small truck/lorry". I guess. Cargo area is correct, but we rarely use words like that unless we need to be specific, e.g. "hey don't worry about those small bags just stick them in the back of the truck/in the cargo area". In fact, normally we just say 'back of the truck' in Australia and nothing else
apart of the holy congress locations of UK/Kopenhagen there happened some mini-concert at the cargo area of an small lorry/truck. (How to describe that with more proper English?)
Youtube playlist
ĝp,
(quick note, if you wanna use "happen-", you can say "there was some mini-concert happening". Otherwise it's more natural to say "some mini-concert was happening there if there's no "is/am/are/was/were" being used)
qwertz (顯示個人資料) 2011年8月3日下午4:21:22
I still have to read more books to get the proper feeling for English expressions. ceigered (顯示個人資料) 2011年8月4日上午2:55:42
qwertz:Thanks ceigered.Well, you're doing damn good so far, just little phrases that make sense but seem wrong is all
Although they do make me go "damn, that should probably be acceptable" or "that's an intuitive way of saying XYZ". I wonder why a lot of the expressive power in basic English has degraded....