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Vincent Teo Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Ambition / aspire

Can I say,

(A) I want to a cook and a teacher.

(B) I aspire to be a cook and a teacher.

(c) My ambition is to be a teacher and a cook.
  

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Vincent Teo Can I say, (A) I want to be a cook and a teacher. (B) I aspire to be a cook and a teacher. (c) My ambition is to be a teacher and a cook.

— LouiseT

  • Vincent Teo Can I say, (A) I want to be a cook and a teacher.
  • (B) I aspire to be a cook and a teacher.
  • (c) My ambition is to be a teacher and a cook.
  • Yes all of these are fine.
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Vincent TeoCan I say,

(A) I want to be a cook and a teacher.

(B) I aspire to be a cook and a teacher.

(c) My ambition is to be a teacher and a cook.
Yes all of these are fine. (Put the "be" into the first one, I think you forgot it.)
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Hi.

A. I want to be a cook and a teacher.

B. Grammatically speaking, it is correct , but I don't think if it is common in English.

C. I cannot see any problem in it.
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Thanks, do we mention two nouns in a sentence by using "a" like

My ambition / ambitions is to be a cook and a teacher.

I aspire to be a cook and a teacher. (can we write two things in a sentence?)
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Thanks, do we mention two nouns in a sentence by using "a" like

My ambition / ambitions is to be a cook and a teacher.

I aspire to be a cook and a teacher. (can we write two things in a sentence?)
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Vincent Teo Thanks, do we mention two nouns in a sentence by using "a" like

My ambition / ambitions is to be a cook and a teacher.

I aspire to be a cook and a teacher. (can we write two things in a sentence?)
It is fine to write two nouns in a sentence. They are not always connected with "a", that will depend on a number of things such as qua
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I had always had an ambition to be a cook and a teacher
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