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Vincent Teo Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
About "reached"
Can I say,
(a) They reached too early.
(b) They reached there early.
(c) They reached in the early morning.
(d) They reached the airport early (in the morning).
(e) The plane reached early.
(a) They reached too early.
(b) They reached there early.
(c) They reached in the early morning.
(d) They reached the airport early (in the morning).
(e) The plane reached early.
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Only d) and b) are correct. 'Reached' is a transitive verb - it has to have an object. You can't just 'reach', you have to ' reach something'.
- Only d) and b) are correct.
- 'Reached' is a transitive verb - it has to have an object.
- You can't just 'reach', you have to ' reach something'.
- (Actually, you can 'reach for something' but that's a different meaning of the word 'reach', meaning to stretch to grasp something…).
- So in this meaning, it needs an object, so a), c) and e) don't make sense because there's no object.
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Only d) and b) are correct. 'Reached' is a transitive verb - it has to have an object. You can't just 'reach', you have to 'reach something'. (Actually, you can 'reach for something' but that's a different meaning of the word 'reach', meaning to stretch to grasp something…).
So in this meaning, it needs an object, so a), c) and e) don't make sense because there's no object. d) is
So in this meaning, it needs an object, so a), c) and e) don't make sense because there's no object. d) is
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