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Vincent Teo Posted 19 years ago
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0Can I say,02br
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00(A) While she was iroining clothes, he heard the phone ring / ringing / rang.02br
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00(B) He ran towards the kitchen to answer the phone.02br
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00(c) He did not notice the clothes was burning / was burned. 02br
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00(d) He smelt the clothes was xxx. (any suitable words?)0-
  

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02br 02br 00She did not notice THAT the clothes WERE burning. 02br 02br 00She SMELLED the SINGED clothing as soon as she came back from answering the telephone. 02br 02br 00You said SHE at the start, so you have to keep the same *** all the way through.

— Toronto2001

  • 02br 02br 00She did not notice THAT the clothes WERE burning.
  • 02br 02br 00She SMELLED the SINGED clothing as soon as she came back from answering the telephone.
  • 02br 02br 00You said SHE at the start, so you have to keep the same *** all the way through.
  • If you started with HE, keep it as HE all the way through.
  • Smelt is an old word.
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0 While she was ironing clothes, SHE heard the phone RING (or RINGING)02br
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00She ran towards the kitchen to answer the phone.02br
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00She did not notice THAT the clothes WERE burning. 02br
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00She SMELLED the SINGED clothing as soon as she came back from answering the telephone. 02br
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00You said SHE at
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0 Hi Toronto200102br
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00While she was ironing clothes, SHE heard the phone RING (or RINGING)02br
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00SHE heard the phone RING.02br
00SHE heard the phone RINGING.02br
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00Is there a difference in meaning between the two sentences.?02br
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00Thanks in advance.0-
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0(d) He smelt the clothes was burning smell. (any suitable words?)02br
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00 He smelt the clothes was smelty / burning / charred after she put the iron on the clothes. 0-
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01cite10Yoong Liat12cite10SHE heard the phone RING. 11font10This suggests one ring.12font12br
10SHE heard the phone RINGING. 11font10This suggests multiple rings.12font12br
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10Is there a difference in meaning between the
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0 There is no real difference to 'ring' or 'ringing'. Ringing is more in the past tense but both are suitable. 0-
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0 Is it HE or SHE? Anyway, it is a difficult sentence. He smelled the scorched clothing, burned brown and black by the iron. 02br
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00Smelty isn't a word. Charred implies that the clothes were flaming, as opposed to simply burnt by the iron. Scorched means lightly burnt so it's a good word to use. Do you stil want to use smelt? Was it in the lesson? 0-
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0Smelt is fine in British English.02br
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00Vincent you really have to get to grips with your pronouns as this is a consistent error of yours.02br
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00Male - he/his/him02br
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00Female - she/her/her0-
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01cite10Vincent Teo12cite10(d) He smelt the clothes was burning smell. (any suitable words?) 11font10He SMELLED something which SMELLED like burning clothes.12font12br
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10 He smelt the clothes was smelty / burning / charred after she put the iron on the clothes. 11f
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01cite10Toronto200112cite10There is no real difference to 'ring' or 'ringing'. Ringing is more in the past tense but both are suitable. 12br
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10Why is 'ringing' more in the past tense? I cannot understand why it should be so? The verb 'heard' shows that both sentences refer to the past. Could you
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