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Vincent Teo Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

A tera party

Can I say,

(a) After the campaign, they had a tea party.

(b) They mowed the lawn with a weeder.
  

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(a) After the campaign, they had a tea party. -- OK. (b) They mowed the lawn with a weeder.

  • (a) After the campaign, they had a tea party.
  • -- OK.
  • (b) They mowed the lawn with a weeder.
  • -- Grammatically OK but doesn't make sense.
  • A weeder is something that removes weeds.
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(a) After the campaign, they had a tea party. -- OK.

(b) They mowed the lawn with a weeder. -- Grammatically OK but doesn't make sense. A weeder is something that removes weeds. You don't "mow" with it.

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