TalkingCat 435 Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 1.The children enjoyed their swim to the full. (I thought it should be the children enjoyed their swimming to the fullest) 2.the soldiers were killed to the last man 3.the room was hot to suffocation This came from an English learning textbook.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJJD 1,975 Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 1.The children enjoyed their swim to the full. (I thought it should be the children enjoyed their swimming to the fullest) 2.the soldiers were killed to the last man 3.the room was hot to suffocation This came from an English learning textbook.... 1. you're right 2. that's fine 3. no i don't even know what they want to say with this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeatrixKiddo 6,468 Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 Maybe they’re technically correct but they’d be awkward to use in speech. How id fix the other two: 2. The soldiers were killed down to the last man 3. The room was hot to the point of suffocation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Boy 334 Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 1. You're right it should be 'to the fullest'. 2. I guess it's right? Personally, I would have said: 'The soldiers were killed, to the last man.' 3. This one sounds a bit odd. Grammatically, it makes sense, but it sounds odd, like people wouldn't really use it in everyday speech/writing. Personally, I would have said: 'The room was suffocatingly hot.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibidibidubu 417 Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 no, they're all kinda awkward :/ 1. The children enjoyed their time swimming to the fullest (idk this is still awk) 2. The soldiers were killed down to the last man (still a little awk). 3. The room was so hot to the point you felt like suffocating. (I think that's what they're trying to say?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Boy 334 Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 Maybe they’re technically correct but they’d be awkward to use in speech. How id fix the other two: 2. The soldiers were killed down to the last man 3. The room was hot to the point of suffocation I don't think this is right. It implies that everyone was killed except for the last man. Actually, never mind, I think the phrase 'down to the last' can be used in both circumstances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
love 8,778 Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 "to the full" is not a phrase used in English speech, whether it's everyday language or academic work. i've literally never seen it. "to the fullest" (while kind of kitschy) is correct and used in speech. the second one is strange. it essentially means that every soldier was killed. not sure why they couldn't have just put "every soldier was killed" instead of trying to incorporate some awkward old-timey slang that i'm not even sure is being used correctly. "down to the last man" might make more sense but still implies one more person is living. the last one is just wrong lmao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katness 3,925 Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 They are all awkward 1.The children enjoyed their swim to the full. (I thought it should be the children enjoyed their swimming to the fullest) "fullest" would work better EDIT: also you could leave it at "swim" - no need to say "swimming" 2.the soldiers were killed to the last man I've seen it worded this way in some older literature, but you wouldn't find this in everyday speech 3.the room was hot to suffocation NOPE would most commonly be "The room was suffocatingly hot" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JihyoStoleMyHeartAYAYAY 22,189 Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 im not an English speaker but 2 and 3 sounds wrong to me. idk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feary 2,115 Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 You deserve a refund on that English learning book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteNelson 907 Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 All of the sentences are correct grammatically, but sound a little awkward because they are somewhat out-of-date. English is constantly changing, so if a textbook is even 10 years old, it can sound a little weird at times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rejeshrimp 1,064 Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 They're correct but not used much. To the full is just like saying to the fullest (extent), they're interchangeable as far as I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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