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Can I say,She watered the flowering plants just now.The pineapple is our local fruit / fruits,They participated a relay / relay race.

JohnParis · Accepted Answer

She watered the flowering plants just now. Seems stilted. How about: She just finished watering the flowering plants.

The pineapple is our local fruit./ ~~/ fruits,~~

They participated a relay / relay race. I think that the preposition "in" is missing from your example. At any rate, this question is a hard one. I'd say, actually, both are OK.

A relay is not necessarily a race.

The wagons were pulled by relays of horses. Gangs of workers were sent in relays.

However, while it's OK to say "They participated in a (400 meter) relay race" (if you want to stress that it was a race) many would say that "race" is not necessary because everyone knows that a 400 meter relay IS a race.

Hope this helps,

John

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