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Vincent Teo Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

climb

Can I say,

(a) The thief climbed through /into the window (into the house).

He climbed down from the window.

(b) He climbed into the house because the window was open.

(c) He climbed from the window (into the house) .

(d) The man climbed out the window was a thief.

He climbed out of the house through the window.

He climbed out of the window.

(e) He climbed into the house through /from /on the window.

He climbed in my house from the window.

(f) He climbed through the house by breaking the window.

He climbed through the window to break into Mr Yap's house.

(g) He climbed out from /to the window.

He climbed out the window.

(h) He climbed over the window.

He climbed the window (to go into the house).
  

Top answer

-- climb into the house, climb to the house are ok. -- You can't climb down. -- climb out of window is ok here.

  • -- climb into the house, climb to the house are ok.
  • -- You can't climb down.
  • -- climb out of window is ok here.
  • (d) The man who climbed out of the window was a thief.
  • He climbed out of the house through the window.
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7 Answers
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Here is my try:

a) The thief climbed through /into the window (into the house).-- climb into the house, climb to the house are ok.

He climbed down from the window.-- You can't climb down.

(b) He climbed into the house because the window was open.--ok
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Vincent TeoCan I say,

(a) The thief climbed through /into the window (into the house).

He climbed down from the window.

(b) He climbed into the house because the window was open.

(c) He climbed from the window (into the house) .

(d) The man who climbed out of the wi
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Vincent, we've already discussed climbing in/out/through/over/into/up windows extensively with you. Go back and review those posts.
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DollAre these correct? Sorry, I'm not very clear.

a) The thief climbed through /climbed into the window (into the house).

(c) He climbed from the window / He climbed out of the window into the house.

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Are these correct? That's what I understand.
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Vincent TeoAre these correct? That's what I understand.
Vincent,

I was perceived as too harsh by a few but I meant to help by pointing out the mistakes. I had pointed out the method you have chosen to learn by won't help you to progress very far
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Thanks your advice. I just want to comfirm some corrections that the helpers made.

Some of the corrections are not clear.For me, I, maybe a slow learner.Some of the sentences that given , I hardly to understand. So, I tried to amend it. I just want to comfirm. Sorry about that.

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