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Vincent Teo Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

a few corrections

0Is there natural to say:02br
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00(a) He drives carefully when he is on the slippery road.02br
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00(b) The housefly as caught by the frog with its tongue. 0-
  

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0My shot,02br 00He drives carefully on slippery roads02br 00(When is not mandatory)02br 02br 00Try:02br 00The frog caught the housefly (with its tongue). 02br 02br 00(I think, tongue can be left out because it's widely known that frogs 02br 00prey using their tongues)0-

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  • 0My shot,02br 00He drives carefully on slippery roads02br 00(When is not mandatory)02br 02br 00Try:02br 00The frog caught the housefly (with its tongue).
  • 02br 02br 00(I think, tongue can be left out because it's widely known that frogs 02br 00prey using their tongues)0-
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0My shot,02br
00He drives carefully on slippery roads02br
00(When is not mandatory)02br
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00Try:02br
00The frog caught the housefly (with its tongue). 02br
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00(I think, tongue can be left out because it's widely known that frogs 02br
00prey using their tongues)0-
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0Do you mean my sentences are incorrect? 0-
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0In the first sentence, 'when' can be left out (as I said, not mandatory)02br
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00#2 is not correct0-
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0<<>>Is there natural to say:02br
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00No, it doesn’t even come close.02br
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00(a) He drives carefully when he is on the slippery road. ==>00 He drives very carefully when 00he knows the road is slippery00/ 00 00the road condition is slippery.02br
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00(b) 00The housefly as caught by the fro
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0(b) is grammatically correct. Sorry, I read 'as', not' is'. But Goodman's comment is right on.0-
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