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Vincent Teo Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
a few corrections
Can I say,
(a) The butterfly stopped to fly on the flower.
(b) The butterfly flies on the flower.
(c) His grandmother walked with a long / a long walking stick.
(d) The garbage truck cleaned the rubbish twice a week.
(e) He put the rubbish into the garbage truck last week.
(a) The butterfly stopped to fly on the flower.
(b) The butterfly flies on the flower.
(c) His grandmother walked with a long / a long walking stick.
(d) The garbage truck cleaned the rubbish twice a week.
(e) He put the rubbish into the garbage truck last week.
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(a) The butterfly stopped to hover above the flower. (b) The butterfly flies above the flower. (c) Either way (I think "walking" would be understood) (d) I think that garbage trucks collect rubbish.
- (a) The butterfly stopped to hover above the flower.
- (b) The butterfly flies above the flower.
- (c) Either way (I think "walking" would be understood) (d) I think that garbage trucks collect rubbish.
- (e) He probably put the rubbish into the garbage bin, for the truck driver to collect.
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(a) The butterfly stopped to hover above the flower.
(b) The butterfly flies above the flower.
(c) Either way (I think "walking" would be understood)
(d) I think that garbage trucks collect rubbish.
(e) He probably put the rubbish into the garbage bin, for the truck driver to collect.
(b) The butterfly flies above the flower.
(c) Either way (I think "walking" would be understood)
(d) I think that garbage trucks collect rubbish.
(e) He probably put the rubbish into the garbage bin, for the truck driver to collect.
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why do we say "flies above the flower", instead of "flies on the flower"?
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"On" implies physical attachment to things.
You walk on the ground, but you fly above it.
Or do you mean "fly onto the flower"?
You walk on the ground, but you fly above it.
Or do you mean "fly onto the flower"?
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but we say "The butterfly is / is resting on the flower", right? Why don't we say "flies on the flower"? That is my question. Thanks.
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Because you can't fly on something. When you are on something, you are usually connected to it.
When you are walking on the ground, your feet are touching the ground.
When you are sitting on a chair, your *** is on the chair.
When you are writing on a piece of paper, your pen is touching the paper.
When the butterfly is on the flower, its legs are touching the flo
When you are walking on the ground, your feet are touching the ground.
When you are sitting on a chair, your *** is on the chair.
When you are writing on a piece of paper, your pen is touching the paper.
When the butterfly is on the flower, its legs are touching the flo
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