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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
Correct the following sentence
Hi,
Please correct the following sentence.
John, please give a jacket, vest, and tie to the father.
Please correct the following sentence.
John, please give a jacket, vest, and tie to the father.
Top answer
) father? Or "to Tina's (or whoever) father"?
- ) father?
- Or "to Tina's (or whoever) father"?
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John, please, give a jacket, a vest and a tie to your (?) father? Or "to Tina's (or whoever) father"?
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Hi,
I think I am encountering a lot of cases where people are omitting determiners, e.g. a, an, or the, in a series of things (after the first thing), especially when they are all related to (or defined by) the subsequent phrase or clause.
I think I will find lots of cases where the determiners will be omitted for a convenience sake.
Likewise, I may see the following sen
I think I am encountering a lot of cases where people are omitting determiners, e.g. a, an, or the, in a series of things (after the first thing), especially when they are all related to (or defined by) the subsequent phrase or clause.
I think I will find lots of cases where the determiners will be omitted for a convenience sake.
Likewise, I may see the following sen
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Hello, Anon,
I would use "a" before "vest" and "tie"; otherwise, it looks as if it's some kind of package...
"Please give this to father." Looks like a mother were talking to her child, asking him/her to give something to the child's father. Or a sibling saying that to a child, still referring to their father.
"Please give this to the father", Maybe if some
I would use "a" before "vest" and "tie"; otherwise, it looks as if it's some kind of package...
"Please give this to father." Looks like a mother were talking to her child, asking him/her to give something to the child's father. Or a sibling saying that to a child, still referring to their father.
"Please give this to the father", Maybe if some
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