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Vincent Teo Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Can live

Can I say,

Singapore is our home. We feel very happy because we can live in Singapore.
  

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Hi Vincent, The first sentence is fine. The second is not very natural, and there is no reason to use 'can'. I would suggest this: - Singapore is our home .

— Yankee

  • Hi Vincent, The first sentence is fine.
  • The second is not very natural, and there is no reason to use 'can'.
  • I would suggest this: - Singapore is our home .
  • We are happy that we live in Singapore.
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Hi Vincent,

The first sentence is fine.

The second is not very natural, and there is no reason to use 'can'. I would suggest this:

- Singapore is our home. We are happy that we live in Singapore.
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Hi Yankee!!

would be possible to say: "we are happy for living in Singapore"?

thanks

Pamela
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No, Pamela, that would also be quite awkward. You could possible use the to-infinitive, though:

- We are happy to live in Singapore.

The collocation 'happy for' is most often followed by an object pronoun:

- His new business is doing very well. I'm happy for him.

In other words, the meaning is something like this: His good fortune mak
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Thanks! it is clear now[Y]
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