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Vincent Teo Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

About " boat captain "

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00(b)Mr Lim is the captain of the cabin.02br
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00(c) The captain of the boat is looking / seeing / studying / watching / reading a map in the cabin.02br
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00(d) The captain is resting/ living in the cabin. 0-
  

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0(a)The boat captain is looking (at) the map in the cabin. 02br 02br 00(b)Mr Lim is the captain of the cabin. Grammatically ok, but a cabin doesn't have its own captain.

— Nona the brit

  • 0(a)The boat captain is looking (at) the map in the cabin.
  • 02br 02br 00(b)Mr Lim is the captain of the cabin.
  • Grammatically ok, but a cabin doesn't have its own captain.
  • 02br 02br 00(c) The captain of the boat is looking / seeing / studying / watching / reading a map in the cabin.
  • looking at - ok.
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0(a)The boat captain is looking (at) the map in the cabin. ok with the 'at'.02br
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00(b)Mr Lim is the captain of the cabin. Grammatically ok, but a cabin doesn't have its own captain. This means that he is captain only of the cabin, not the whole boat.02br
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00(c) The captain of the boat is looking / seeing / studying / watching / reading a map in th
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01cite10Nona The Brit12cite10(a)The boat captain is looking (at) the map in the cabin. ok with the 'at' 12br
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10I have a question. "looking" must go with " at"? If i say without "at" , is that correct? 0-
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0 Yes, 'looking' must go with 'at'. It is incorrect without. 0-
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