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Vincent Teo Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
About an incident happened
Can I say,
(a) One day, Aunt Sumitra was ironing her husband's shirt. Suddenly, the telephone was ringing. She quickly replied / answered the telephone.
(b) After that, she sat on the sofa and answered the telephone. She left the hot iron on her husband's shirt. She chattered happily over the telephone for quite some time.
(c) Suddenly, she sensed a burning smell. She rushed to save the shirt but it was too late. The shirt was burnt with a large hole.
(a) One day, Aunt Sumitra was ironing her husband's shirt. Suddenly, the telephone was ringing. She quickly replied / answered the telephone.
(b) After that, she sat on the sofa and answered the telephone. She left the hot iron on her husband's shirt. She chattered happily over the telephone for quite some time.
(c) Suddenly, she sensed a burning smell. She rushed to save the shirt but it was too late. The shirt was burnt with a large hole.
Top answer
(a) One day, Aunt Sumitra was ironing her husband's shirt. Suddenly, the telephone rang . She quickly replied / answered the telephone.
- (a) One day, Aunt Sumitra was ironing her husband's shirt.
- Suddenly, the telephone rang .
- She quickly replied / answered the telephone.
- [For better style, try to avoid quick repetition of words (here "telephone").
- ] (b) After that, she sat on the sofa and answered the telephone.
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(a) One day, Aunt Sumitra was ironing her husband's shirt. Suddenly, the telephone rang. She quickly replied / answered the telephone. [For better style, try to avoid quick repetition of words (here "telephone"). Use pronouns and combine sentences as necessary.]
(b) After that, she sat on the sofa and answered the telephone. [doesn't make sense; you already said she ans
(b) After that, she sat on the sofa and answered the telephone. [doesn't make sense; you already said she ans
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