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Can I say,(a) Last Sunday was windy. Janet went to a shoe shop. It was  / It had a special discount.(b) Janet did not buy any shoes. The salesgirls became angry and told her not to come to her shop again.

Tanit · Accepted Answer

Hi,

Vincent Teo(b) Janet did not buy any shoes. The salesgirls became angry and told her not to come to her shop again.

This rings a bell, but I thought it was Alice who didn't buy any shoes.

(August 2008).

Vincent TeoCan I say,

(i) After trying a few new pairs of shoes, Alice left the shoes. She didn't buy any shoes. The salesgirl was very angry at Alice's bad / worse / attitude. (do you know any suitable word to describe Alice's attitude?)

(ii) The salesgirl warned Alice not to come the shop again.

Vincent Teo · Answer

Thanks. How about (a) ?

Tanit · Answer

Vincent,

With my previous post I wanted to draw your attention to the fact that you're repeating over and over the same sentences. I am not sure in what way this helps you improve your English. How come you're still focusing on the same stories after so many months? Why are they so important to you?

I believe it's about time you started working on more complex grammatical features (simple present and simple past seem to be the only tenses you are using) and stylistic devices (for instance, using connectors to link short sentences and write nice paragraphs instead). This has already been suggested to you by others, right?

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