I hate numbers.
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azuriteOkay, revisions for past chapters of WDKY are going relatively well. I can't believe how much I'm picking up on... yeesh. I still need help with some bits though.
* past tense and the usage of -ing
* active vs. passive voice and how to REALLY tell which is which
And most importantly:
* conversion from the U.S. "Imperial" system to the Metric System used in Japan.
This is especially difficult for Chapter 6, when there's loads of cooking references. So, can anyone in a metric-system-using country tell me:
* What do you use for dry measure (i.e. flour, sugar, cornmeal, that kind of thing)? Is it grams or milliliters? Don't think I'm stupid for thinking the last one... a) it's been ages since I studied the conversion between the Imperial and Metric systems; b) my measuring cups are in Imperial and "mL" even for dry measure cups; c) I'm in the U.S., everyone knows we're a backwards country when it comes to numbers. (*chants* Florida, Florida, Florida!)
* What are the proper conversions (i.e. the type of measurement) used for...
a) feet --> meters, right? [mili, centi, deci, kilo]
b) DRY: ounces/cups --> grams? milliliters?
c) LIQUID: ounces/tsp/tbs/quarts/pints/gallons --> liters [mili, centi, deci, kilo]
d) weight: pounds --> kilograms
Anything else I've forgotten? Common measurements and the like... not weird things like calories or wattage. Though that would be interesting.
HEEEEEEEEEELP!
* past tense and the usage of -ing
* active vs. passive voice and how to REALLY tell which is which
And most importantly:
* conversion from the U.S. "Imperial" system to the Metric System used in Japan.
This is especially difficult for Chapter 6, when there's loads of cooking references. So, can anyone in a metric-system-using country tell me:
* What do you use for dry measure (i.e. flour, sugar, cornmeal, that kind of thing)? Is it grams or milliliters? Don't think I'm stupid for thinking the last one... a) it's been ages since I studied the conversion between the Imperial and Metric systems; b) my measuring cups are in Imperial and "mL" even for dry measure cups; c) I'm in the U.S., everyone knows we're a backwards country when it comes to numbers. (*chants* Florida, Florida, Florida!)
* What are the proper conversions (i.e. the type of measurement) used for...
a) feet --> meters, right? [mili, centi, deci, kilo]
b) DRY: ounces/cups --> grams? milliliters?
c) LIQUID: ounces/tsp/tbs/quarts/pints/gallons --> liters [mili, centi, deci, kilo]
d) weight: pounds --> kilograms
Anything else I've forgotten? Common measurements and the like... not weird things like calories or wattage. Though that would be interesting.
HEEEEEEEEEELP!
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Date: 2004-06-30 04:00 pm (UTC)a) It's been ages since I've had anything to do with Imperial
b) all my stuff is measured in Metric, but I'll do my best...
(I keep having to run to the kitchen. We really just go... 1/4cup and stuff, but I believe our "cups" are a different size than yours, at least when baking bread.)
feet >> meters. Pretty close. A meter is bigger than a foot, but they're used for measuring the same things. This site: http://convert.french-property.co.uk/ should help.
b) ounces/cups >> grams/mL/cups. Depends on the cookbook, but...
c) ounces/tsp/tbs/quarts/pints/gallons >> mL, L, tsp/tbs, cups and..I suppose gallons but I mostly use these for baking so I've never had to make a galon of anything.. ^^; Really - cup, tsp, tbs are basic - they add (15mL) next to things in case you need to convert or screw up or measure differently. (IE in Brit they seem to weigh everything.)
d) Weight - in Japan they use KG, but in Canada we still weigh in pounds... not sure why. In England they use "stones".
Hm.. but for the most part it's simpler than you seem to think. We really are just...cups, teaspoons, tablespoons... and if you can remember the begining of a word's meaning everything is by ten. milimeter (1/1000th of a meter), centimeter (1/100th of a meter), decimeter (1/10th of a meter), meter (1000 mm, 100cm, 10 dm...), kilometer (1000 m).
What screws me up is when I'm not sure if someone is talking in metric or imprerial and they say 100m. It could be meters or miles, and there's a big difference. @_@
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Date: 2004-06-30 06:45 pm (UTC)Active voice: The gorilla ate the banana.
Passive voice: The banana was eaten by the gorilla.
Passive voice occurs when the action is taken away from the subject. (see, I just used passive voice there, it's so easy to do... >_<) You can normally spot passive voice by looking for any sentence with a form of the verb to be (is, was, has been, had been, will be, will have been, is being, was being) combined with the past tense of the main verb. If you can flip the sentence around to get rid of that construction, it's normally a good idea to do so. Sometimes though, passive voice is necessary. grrrr.
I hope that helps! ^_^
:D
Date: 2004-06-30 10:28 pm (UTC)Active past
Date: 2004-06-30 10:33 pm (UTC)Yay for learning.
Date: 2004-07-01 04:03 pm (UTC)http://www.metric-conversions.org/measurement-conversions.htm
And this site should explain the active/passive conundrum clearly enough.
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/grammar/active_and_passive_voice.htm
Re: :D
Date: 2004-07-02 01:21 am (UTC)Re: Yay for learning.
Date: 2004-07-02 07:04 am (UTC)