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Vincent Teo Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
A few corrections
Can I say,
(a) John saw a boy who looked suspicious trying to hide books. He took the books in his shirt.
(b) When John came to the boy, he seemed nervous and scared.
(c) John rushed to the library's counter / library counter.
(a) John saw a boy who looked suspicious trying to hide books. He took the books in his shirt.
(b) When John came to the boy, he seemed nervous and scared.
(c) John rushed to the library's counter / library counter.
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Vincent Teo Can I say, (a) John saw a boy who looked suspicious trying to hide books. He took the books in his shirt. (b) When John came to the boy, he seemed nervous and scared.
- Vincent Teo Can I say, (a) John saw a boy who looked suspicious trying to hide books.
- He took the books in his shirt.
- (b) When John came to the boy, he seemed nervous and scared.
- (c) John rushed to the library's counter / library counter.
- (a) John saw a suspicious looking boy trying to hide books inside his shirt.
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Vincent TeoCan I say,(a) John saw a suspicious looking boy trying to hide books inside his shirt.
(a) John saw a boy who looked suspicious trying to hide books. He took the books in his shirt.
(b) When John came to the boy, he seemed nervous and scared.
(c) John rushed to the library's counter / library counter.
(b) 'He' could be
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Sorry, the grammar expert said, we can't use "inside the shirt", right?
(b) how to correct the sentence?
(c) only "library counter"?
(b) how to correct the sentence?
(c) only "library counter"?
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Vincent TeoSorry, the grammar expert said, we can't use "inside the shirt", right? I'm not sure what you mean here. 'Inside' is o.k. - 'under' would be o.k. as well.When John came to the boy, he seemed nervous and scared.
(b) how to correct the sentence?
(c) only "library counter"?
If
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