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user 18606
Use this tag for questions about meanings of whole sentences rather than phrases.
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Is it correct to use “happen once out of ten” in my situation?
I agree with the suggestion user 3169 gave: One time out of ten it is a commonly used expression (see definition 14 in LDOCE definition of time)
Your other suggestion to phrase it sounds good:
It …
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Using "is" and "are" with Verb
As ultrasawblade said:
be (auxiliary) + past participle (of the main verb) = passive voice.
In the passive, the person or thing that the action was done to becomes the topic or theme. (CDO Engl …
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can I say consult with doctor?
The first sentence sounds correct. Word consultation is regularly used for this purpose.
To consult means:
to ask for information or advice from someone because it is their job to know something
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