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Vincent Teo Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
About An incident
Can I say,
(a) Last Sunday was sunny. Eric was coming from his house when a police was chasing after a thief. The thief dropped a bag (full) of money in front of Eric's house.
(b) Eric opened the bag which was dropped. He saw a mobile phone and some jewellery (inside). After a short while, the police came back to him/ came back to see him.
(c) Then, Eric gave the bag to the police. The police thanked him and told him that the things in the bag were stolen goods. The police took the back to the police station. Eric was happy to have done a good deed.
(a) Last Sunday was sunny. Eric was coming from his house when a police was chasing after a thief. The thief dropped a bag (full) of money in front of Eric's house.
(b) Eric opened the bag which was dropped. He saw a mobile phone and some jewellery (inside). After a short while, the police came back to him/ came back to see him.
(c) Then, Eric gave the bag to the police. The police thanked him and told him that the things in the bag were stolen goods. The police took the back to the police station. Eric was happy to have done a good deed.
Top answer
Hello Vince, All more or less fine, except: a) "a policeman", not "a police" b) "had been dropped"; only "came back to see him" c) "took the bag", not "back" There is some confusion over the sequence of events; the bag is full of money in A, but Eric doesn't open it till B, when he discovers non-monetary items. Also, in A, Eric sees a thief; but only in C is he informed that the bag contained stolen goods. Best wishes, MrP
- Hello Vince, All more or less fine, except: a) "a policeman", not "a police" b) "had been dropped"; only "came back to see him" c) "took the bag", not "back" There is some confusion over the sequence of events; the bag is full of money in A, but Eric doesn't open it till B, when he discovers non-monetary items.
- Also, in A, Eric sees a thief; but only in C is he informed that the bag contained stolen goods.
- Best wishes, MrP
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Hello Vince,
All more or less fine, except:
a) "a policeman", not "a police"
b) "had been dropped"; only "came back to see him"
c) "took the bag", not "back"
There is some confusion over the sequence of events; the bag is full of money in A, but Eric doesn't open it till B, when he discovers non-monetary items.
Also, in A, Eric sees a thief; b
All more or less fine, except:
a) "a policeman", not "a police"
b) "had been dropped"; only "came back to see him"
c) "took the bag", not "back"
There is some confusion over the sequence of events; the bag is full of money in A, but Eric doesn't open it till B, when he discovers non-monetary items.
Also, in A, Eric sees a thief; b
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