[Vocabulary] I take strong except to people coming late or cancelling appointments at short notice

[UM Chakma]

Hi,

"I take strong except to people coming late or cancelling appointments at short notice."

"The government are regardless the third World debt as a major problem to global economic development."

In the above sentence, the bold parts are wrong and I am trying so hard to correct them. Would you please tell me whether which word comes there?



Thanks.

 

[emsr2d2]

Exception.

Check out "to take exception to".

 

[UM Chakma]

Excellent! I checked it in dictionary and could find. Great! what about the last one? I am sorry I have added it later and quite late.

 

[Matthew Wai]

"The government are regardless the third World debt as a major problem to global economic development."

It should be grammatical if 'are regardless' is replaced with 'regard'.

Not a teacher.

 

[SoothingDave]

Or "are regarding."

 

[emsr2d2]

I don't know what you were trying to say by using "are regardless". Can you write that sentence again using different words?

 

[riquecohen]

It should be grammatical if 'are regardless' is replaced with 'regard'.

Not a teacher.

I see "government" as a singular noun (in AmE.) As such, I would say "the government regards..."

 

[Tdol]

It should be grammatical if 'are regardless' is replaced with 'regard'.

It wouldn't make much sense, though.

I see "government" as a singular noun (in AmE.) As such, I would say "the government regards..."

As a BrE speaker, I could use regard, but the present simple does work better than the progressive for me.

 

[Tdol]

It should be Third World, though many might favour a term like developing world.

 

[UM Chakma]

I don't know what you were trying to say by using "are regardless". Can you write that sentence again using different words?

I have actually written it exactly as it is in the book so I do not know if there any wrong. I just need your help to correct it by changing the bold part as it is mentioned in the book. I myself have done the rest of the exercise but I have been stuck with these two sentences.

 

[UM Chakma]

Considering all your answers, should I rewrite it as "The government are regard the Third World debt as a major problem to global economic development." or "The government are regarding the Third World debt as a major problem to global economic development."?

 

[Matthew Wai]

Remove 'are' before 'regard' in the first one.

Not a teacher.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Exception. Regarding.

In American English, you would say that the government is regarding.

 

[emsr2d2]

I find the present continuous unnatural there. I would say "The government regards Third World debt ...". I would treat government as singular.