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Vincent Teo Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
A few corrections
Can I say,
(a) There are a colony of ants in the box.
(b) The turtle is coming to the sea.
(c) Their costome had been decorated beautifully.
(d) There are some rubbish at the road.
(e) The robberies tied up Peter's family.
(f) Sam has the biggest ballon among them.
(g) The frog jumped out of / from the well.
(h) He is waiting at the junction.
(i) She is looking for a woven bag.
(a) There are a colony of ants in the box.
(b) The turtle is coming to the sea.
(c) Their costome had been decorated beautifully.
(d) There are some rubbish at the road.
(e) The robberies tied up Peter's family.
(f) Sam has the biggest ballon among them.
(g) The frog jumped out of / from the well.
(h) He is waiting at the junction.
(i) She is looking for a woven bag.
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(a) There is/are a colony of ants in the box. (b) The turtle is going to the sea. (c) Their ?
- (a) There is/are a colony of ants in the box.
- (b) The turtle is going to the sea.
- (c) Their ?
- had been decorated beautifully.
- (d) There is some rubbish on the road.
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(a) There is/are a colony of ants in the box.
(b) The turtle is going to the sea.
(c) Their ? had been decorated beautifully.
(d) There is some rubbish on the road.
(e) The robbers tied up Peter's family.
(f) Sam has the biggest balloon among them.
(g) The frog jumped out of the well.
(h) He is waiting at the junc
(b) The turtle is going to the sea.
(c) Their ? had been decorated beautifully.
(d) There is some rubbish on the road.
(e) The robbers tied up Peter's family.
(f) Sam has the biggest balloon among them.
(g) The frog jumped out of the well.
(h) He is waiting at the junc
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Sorry, I made a typo. The sentences are:
(c) Their costume had been decorated beautifully.
P/s: I got confused. Sometimes , we use "out of", sometimes we say"out from"; sometimes we accept both. Why? How do I differentiate them?
(g) The frog jumped out of the well.
(c) Their costume had been decorated beautifully.
P/s: I got confused. Sometimes , we use "out of", sometimes we say"out from"; sometimes we accept both. Why? How do I differentiate them?
(g) The frog jumped out of the well.
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(c) Their costumes had been decorated beautifully.
Sometimes , we use "out of", sometimes we say"out from"; sometimes we accept both. Why? How do I differentiate them? (g) The frog jumped out of the well. -- Difficult to say, Vincent, but neither is exactly 'wrong'; one is just less natural. One factor is the perceived depth of the enclosure and the direction taken: 'the f
Sometimes , we use "out of", sometimes we say"out from"; sometimes we accept both. Why? How do I differentiate them? (g) The frog jumped out of the well. -- Difficult to say, Vincent, but neither is exactly 'wrong'; one is just less natural. One factor is the perceived depth of the enclosure and the direction taken: 'the f
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