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Vincent Teo Posted 17 years ago
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About an event

Can I say,

(a) One day, Meng's teacher scolded him because his hair was long. He felt sorry for his teacher.

(b) After that, he went to a barber for a haircut.

(c) The next day, Peter was happy because his teacher praised him.
  

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Please give me some comments. Thanks.
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(a) One day, Meng's teacher scolded him because his hair was long. He felt sorry for his teacher. [grammatically OK, but it seems peculiar that he would feel sorry for his teacher after being scolded]

(b) After that, he went to a barber for a haircut.

(c) The next day, Peter [Do you mean Peter or Meng? Is this supposed to be a continuation of the same story?] was happy be
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Vincent TeoHe felt sorry for his teacher.
No, I assume you are trying to say something like this:

The scolding made him feel sad.

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