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Vincent Teo Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
A few corrections 9
Can I say,
(a) John and Peter are good and friendly.
(b) The coconut is dropping from the tree.
(c) He saved his money into the bank.
(d) He is drinking cold water.
(e) They are racing in the field.
(f) He won the trophy in the Sports.
(g) Ali was sick for few days / last few days.
(h) He is blowing the trumpet loudly.
(i) She is wrapping the present.
(a) John and Peter are good and friendly.
(b) The coconut is dropping from the tree.
(c) He saved his money into the bank.
(d) He is drinking cold water.
(e) They are racing in the field.
(f) He won the trophy in the Sports.
(g) Ali was sick for few days / last few days.
(h) He is blowing the trumpet loudly.
(i) She is wrapping the present.
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(a) John and Peter are good friends. (b) The coconut is falling from the tree. (c) He saved his money in the bank.
- (a) John and Peter are good friends.
- (b) The coconut is falling from the tree.
- (c) He saved his money in the bank.
- (d) He is drinking cold water.
- (e) They are racing in the field.
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(a) John and Peter are good friends.
(b) The coconut is falling from the tree.
(c) He saved his money in the bank.
(d) He is drinking cold water.
(e) They are racing in the field.
(f) He won the trophy in a sports event.
(g) Ali was sick for a few days / the last few days.
(h) He is blowing th
(b) The coconut is falling from the tree.
(c) He saved his money in the bank.
(d) He is drinking cold water.
(e) They are racing in the field.
(f) He won the trophy in a sports event.
(g) Ali was sick for a few days / the last few days.
(h) He is blowing th
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Thanks, I got a few questions:
(a) If I want to say to use "good and friendly" together in a sentence, how should I write?
(b) Do you mean the correct sentence is " Ali was sick for the last few days".
(a) If I want to say to use "good and friendly" together in a sentence, how should I write?
(b) Do you mean the correct sentence is " Ali was sick for the last few days".
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(a) If I want to say to use "good and friendly" together in a sentence, how should I write?-- Vincent, 'good' and 'friendly' just do not go together, sorry-- it doesn't make reasonable sense.
(b) Do you mean the correct sentence is " Ali was sick for the last few days".-- Yes, but these are both OK: 'Ali was sick for a few days / the l
(b) Do you mean the correct sentence is " Ali was sick for the last few days".-- Yes, but these are both OK: 'Ali was sick for a few days / the l
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"John and Peter are good and friendly" can theoretically mean that John and Peter are good people (i.e. of good character) and also friendly people, but there are problems.
One problem is that "good and ..." is an idiomatic expression meaning, roughly, "very much" or "completely", and this tends to throw the reader and make the sentence look odd.
A second problem is that saying
One problem is that "good and ..." is an idiomatic expression meaning, roughly, "very much" or "completely", and this tends to throw the reader and make the sentence look odd.
A second problem is that saying
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