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Vincent Teo Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

About "fisherman"

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    00He is a poor but kind fisherman.02br
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    00Long time ago / Long times ago, Ali is a poor man.02br
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    00A long ago / Long ago, there lived a poor man, named Ali. 02br
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    00There was a poor fisherman who would wish to be a rich man every day.02br
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    00He is a poor man. His occupation is a fisherman.02br
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    00The poor fisherman who name Encik Li would wish he could be a rich man. He was boring as his life is a poor fisherman.02br
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    00There was a poor fisherman whose name was Abu. He always caught fish every day.02br
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    00Long time ago, there was a poor man named Ali.02br
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    00He was a fisherman that was very poor.02br
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    00He comes from (the ) poor family. 02br
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0 01ol 01li 02br 02br 00There was a fisherman that he was very poor. 02font 02br 02br 01li 02br 02br 00He is a poor but kind fisherman. 02br 02br 01li 02br 02br 00Long time ago / Long times ago, Ali is a poor man.

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  • 0 01ol 01li 02br 02br 00There was a fisherman that he was very poor.
  • 02font 02br 02br 01li 02br 02br 00He is a poor but kind fisherman.
  • 02br 02br 01li 02br 02br 00Long time ago / Long times ago, Ali is a poor man.
  • 02font 02br 02br 01li 02br 02br 00There was a poor fisherman who would wish to be a rich man every day02br 02br 01li 02br 02br 00He is a poor man.
  • --01font 00 his occupation was fisherman02font 02br 02br 01li 02br 02br 00The poor fisherman who name Encik Li would wish he could be a rich man.
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9 Answers
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0 01ol
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    00There was a fisherman that he was very poor. --01font00 there was a fisherman who/that was very poor.02font02br
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    00Long time ago / Lon
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    00A long ago / Long ago, there lived a poor man, named Ali.--- 01font00Long years ago...01font01b00Long ago02b00 is correct. 01b00Many years ago02b00 is an alternative.02br
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0(a)Long ago, there lived a poor man, named Ali.02br
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00(b) He is a poor man. 01font00 His occupation was fisherman. 00.01font00(why use present and past tense?)02font02font02br
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01font00(c)02font00There was a poor fisherma
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0Feebs11, thank you for showing my mistakes:$ 02br
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00If you say he is a por man, you mean that he is still poor now. 02br
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00If you say his occupation was fisherman, you mean that he was fishing before but not now. 02br
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00"every day"doesn't only belong to present tense, a better form is 01i00
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0(a)Long ago, there lived a poor man, named Ali.02br
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00 How about (a)? correct? 02br
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00(b) He is a poor man. 01font00 His occupation was fisherman. 02font00( why don't put article? (...was a fisherman?) 0-
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0I would say Long ago, a poor man named Ali lived there. 02br
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01font00His occupation was fisherman. 02font00( why don't put article? (...was a fisherman?) If you want to use an article say 01i00his occupation as a fisherman...02i00 or else article isn't used insentences like the pink one above.0-
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0(a) As I know, "fisherman" is countable noun. So, we must use article.02br
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00(b)Long ago, there lived a poor man named Ali.02br
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00I just wanna know is that correct about sentence above? Why if the sentence wrong? 0-
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0In the UK we would say "He was a fisherman" or "He worked as a fisherman" or "His occupation was fishing", but not "His occupation was (a) fisherman".02br
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00"Long ago, there lived a poor man named Ali" sounds fine to me.02br
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00"I just wanna know is that correct about sentence above" isn't correct though. I think you mean "I just want to know (
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01cite10Vincent Teo12cite10(a)Long ago, there lived a poor man, named Ali.12br
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00For your questions, here is my take....02br
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