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Vincent Teo Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
A few corrections 7
Can I say,
(a) John was studying his homework.
(b) Suddenly, the light went out. It was dark.
(c) The light flickered for a while. Suddenly, it / there was blackout.
His house was dark and John was frightened.
(a) John was studying his homework.
(b) Suddenly, the light went out. It was dark.
(c) The light flickered for a while. Suddenly, it / there was blackout.
His house was dark and John was frightened.
Top answer
The light flickered for awhile. Suddenly, everthing went black.
- The light flickered for awhile.
- Suddenly, everthing went black.
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In addition to the correction above:
He was studying.
or
He was doing his homework.
NOT He was studying his homework.
He was studying.
or
He was doing his homework.
NOT He was studying his homework.
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Anonymous
The light flickered for awhile. Suddenly, everthing went black.
"for awhile" sure looks wrong to me. "awhile" is an adverb.
Your original version, "The light flickered for a while", is OK.
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