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Perfect Stranger Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Correct or not no. 66
Hello there,
Here's a brief conversation between two people:
A: The pollution in this city is so serious! Look at these pictures, you can't even see buildings.
B: But it's not always like this.
A: Yeah... it's not.
Q1: Is it necessary to use the definite article before the word pollution?
Q2: Shouldn't there be a definite article before the word buildings?
Q: Is the last line correct? When he says yeah, it's not? Shouldn't it be no, it's not? Would yeah be acceptable if it wasn't followed by it's not?
Thank you
Here's a brief conversation between two people:
A: The pollution in this city is so serious! Look at these pictures, you can't even see buildings.
B: But it's not always like this.
A: Yeah... it's not.
Q1: Is it necessary to use the definite article before the word pollution?
Q2: Shouldn't there be a definite article before the word buildings?
Q: Is the last line correct? When he says yeah, it's not? Shouldn't it be no, it's not? Would yeah be acceptable if it wasn't followed by it's not?
Thank you
Top answer
1. Not absolutely necessary, but I think most people naturally would. 2.
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- Not absolutely necessary, but I think most people naturally would.
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- Normally yes.
- 3.
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1. Not absolutely necessary, but I think most people naturally would.
2. Normally yes.
3. It should be "No ... it's not". "Yeah" by itself seems unclear.
"Look at these pictures, you can't even see buildings" is a comma splice. If they are looking at pictures then "it's not always like that" seems more likely.
2. Normally yes.
3. It should be "No ... it's not". "Yeah" by itself seems unclear.
"Look at these pictures, you can't even see buildings" is a comma splice. If they are looking at pictures then "it's not always like that" seems more likely.
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