Hello teachers! Here's a sentence; Suzie's mother told Suzie that she needs toothpaste of the string bean size. Is this sentence grammatically correct? If not, how can I revise it?
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There is nothing wrong with the grammar but 'string bean size' is odd to me.
— Mister Micawber
There is nothing wrong with the grammar but 'string bean size' is odd to me.
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It is that a string bean is not a generally known basis of measurement, and they are not the shape or size of a toothpaste tube, at least in my part of the world (the Western Hemisphere).
Suzie's mother told her that she needs a small tube of toothpaste.