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Vincent Teo Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

a / - national anthem

0Can I say,02br
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00(a) They stand erect when they sing national anthem.02br
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00(b) They stand erect to sing a national anthem. 02br
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00(c) They stand erect when singing national anthem.02br
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00(d) They stand erect while / when (they are) the singing national anthem.0-
  

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02font 02br 02br 01font 00(b) They stand erect to sing a national anthem. 02br 02br 00'Erect' is an uncommon word here. 02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive0-

  • 02font 02br 02br 01font 00(b) They stand erect to sing a national anthem.
  • 02br 02br 00'Erect' is an uncommon word here.
  • 02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive0-
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0Hi,02br
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01font00Can I say,02font02br
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01font00They stand erect when they sing01b00 02b00a00 00national anthem.02font02br
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01font00(b) They stand erect to sing a national anthem. 02font
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0Sorry, I already posted the questions. 0-
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1b00Stand erect02b00 sounds too militarism. 0-
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0I got a question. Can I say,02br
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00(a) The pupils stand erect while they sing the national anthem during assembly.02br
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00(b) They stand erect every time they are singing the national anthem. 0-
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0Except for the comments you've already received about how "stand erect" is not natural, these are okay.0-
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0Ok. So, I try to recorrect the sentences:02br
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00(a) The pupils stand while they sing the national anthem during assembly.02br
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00(b) They stand every time they are singing the national anthem. 02br
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00In my opinion, I felt (b) is incorrect because of "every time" , am I right?02br
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00How about tis s
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0Hi Clive02br
00I have some questions for this sentence: 02br
001. Why don't we use "erectly" instead of " erect" ?02br
002. I have learnt that we use "the" when noun is speacified. So i think the way we use "the" or "a" belongs to particular circumstance .02br
00In this case, we had better use "the" . Do you agree with me? 02br
00 Th
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01cite10Vincent Teo12cite12br
10Ok. So, I try to recorrect the sentences:12br
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10(a) The pupils stand while they sing the national anthem during assembly. 11b10This is good.12b12br
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10(b) They stand every time they are singing the national anthem. In my opinion, I felt

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