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Vincent Teo Posted 19 years ago
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a plate of rice with

0Can I say,02br
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00(a) He ate a plate of rice with drank a mineral water.02br
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00(b) She ate lunch with drank a mineral water.02br
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00(c) She ate a piece of fish / She like to eat a fried fish.02br
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00(d) During her lunch,he ate a plate of rice with a fried fish. 02br
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00(e) There are plenty of / some biscuits on a plate during her lunch. 0-
  

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1b 00With should be followed by another noun, not a verb02b 02br 02br 00a) He ate a plate of rice 01b 00with a glass/bottle of02b 00 mineral water. 02b 02br 02br 00(c) She ate a piece of fish. 01b 00ok02b 00.

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  • 1b 00With should be followed by another noun, not a verb02b 02br 02br 00a) He ate a plate of rice 01b 00with a glass/bottle of02b 00 mineral water.
  • 02b 02br 02br 00(c) She ate a piece of fish.
  • 01b 00ok02b 00.
  • 02br 02br 00(d) During her lunch,he ate a plate of rice with 01del 01b 00a02b 02del 00 fried fish.
  • 01b 00whose lunch - her or his?
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1b00With should be followed by another noun, not a verb02b02br
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00a) He ate a plate of rice 01b00with a glass/bottle of02b00 mineral water. or He ate a plate of rice 01b00and 02b00drank a mineral water.02br
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00(b) She ate lunch with drank a mineral water.01b00 as above.02b
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0Why can't I say.02br
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0 Well, it sounds so specific. Fish is often used in an uncount way. This is saying she likes to eat one fish, and one fish only. She wouldn't like to eat 2 fried fish. And that seems odd. 0-
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