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Vincent Teo Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
A few corrections
Are they correct?
(a) A herd of cattle is / are grazing.
(b) She likes to do exercise to keep (her body ) slim.
(c) He owns a array of _________. (What is the suitable answer for this collective noun?)
(d) He threw rubbish in / into / inside the dustbin.
(e) Please put / add a tablespoon / spoonful of sugar in / into the cup.
(f) He grew / planted a lof of banana (plants / trees) / bananas.
(g) There are many hibiscuses.
(a) A herd of cattle is / are grazing.
(b) She likes to do exercise to keep (her body ) slim.
(c) He owns a array of _________. (What is the suitable answer for this collective noun?)
(d) He threw rubbish in / into / inside the dustbin.
(e) Please put / add a tablespoon / spoonful of sugar in / into the cup.
(f) He grew / planted a lof of banana (plants / trees) / bananas.
(g) There are many hibiscuses.
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(a) A herd of cattle is / are grazing. -- I find both acceptable, but our AmE friends may prefer "is". (b) She likes to do exercise to keep (her body ) slim.
- (a) A herd of cattle is / are grazing.
- -- I find both acceptable, but our AmE friends may prefer "is".
- (b) She likes to do exercise to keep (her body ) slim.
- -- Not wrong, but I think I would either omit the word "do" or change it to "do exercise s ".
- (c) He owns an array of __.
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(a) A herd of cattle is / are grazing. -- I find both acceptable, but our AmE friends may prefer "is".
(b) She likes to do exercise to keep (her body ) slim. -- Not wrong, but I think I would either omit the word "do" or change it to "do exercises".
(c) He owns an array of __. (What is the suitable answer for this collective noun?) -- Lots of nouns will fit.
(b) She likes to do exercise to keep (her body ) slim. -- Not wrong, but I think I would either omit the word "do" or change it to "do exercises".
(c) He owns an array of __. (What is the suitable answer for this collective noun?) -- Lots of nouns will fit.
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