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Vincent Teo Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
About Joshua and Mathew
Can I say,
(a) Joshua and Mathew are good brothers. They are sailors. They work on a passenger ship.
(b) On the passenger ship, they work together happily. They do many sorts of jobs. Sometimes, they clean the deck until clean.
(c) They take turn to work in the engine room. They also help to take care of the passengers.
(a) Joshua and Mathew are good brothers. They are sailors. They work on a passenger ship.
(b) On the passenger ship, they work together happily. They do many sorts of jobs. Sometimes, they clean the deck until clean.
(c) They take turn to work in the engine room. They also help to take care of the passengers.
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(a) Joshua and Mathew are good brothers. They are sailors. They work on a passenger ship.
- (a) Joshua and Mathew are good brothers.
- They are sailors.
- They work on a passenger ship.
- -- All grammatically correct, but "good brothers" seems a slightly odd phrase.
- I'm guessing you're forming it by analogy with "good friends", but it doesn't sound very natural to me.
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(a) Joshua and Mathew are good brothers. They are sailors. They work on a passenger ship. -- All grammatically correct, but "good brothers" seems a slightly odd phrase. I'm guessing you're forming it by analogy with "good friends", but it doesn't sound very natural to me. "Matthew" is more often spelled with two t's, but occasionally it's spelled with one (you can't arbitrarily choose though; you
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