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Vincent Teo Posted 19 years ago
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Can I say,
(a) He reminded himself must be careful when he was on / in the road.
(b) There are no noise in the library.
(c) We cannot make noise while / when we are in the library.
(d) While / When waiting (for) the ambulance (coming / came / come), Ali walked towards to check / went to check / Ali checed the motocyclist.
(e) He found the motocyclist was badly injured / injured badly.
(f) They reminded Kelvin to be careful while crosssing the road.
(g) He ran to the booth to call (for) the ambulance.
(a) He reminded himself must be careful when he was on / in the road.
(b) There are no noise in the library.
(c) We cannot make noise while / when we are in the library.
(d) While / When waiting (for) the ambulance (coming / came / come), Ali walked towards to check / went to check / Ali checed the motocyclist.
(e) He found the motocyclist was badly injured / injured badly.
(f) They reminded Kelvin to be careful while crosssing the road.
(g) He ran to the booth to call (for) the ambulance.
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Vincent Teo Can I say, (a) He reminded himself that he must be careful when he was on / in the road. (b) There are no noise in the library. noise is singular.
- Vincent Teo Can I say, (a) He reminded himself that he must be careful when he was on / in the road.
- (b) There are no noise in the library.
- noise is singular.
- (c) We cannot make a/any noise while / when we are in the library.
- (d) While / When waiting for the ambulance (coming / came / t o come , Ali walked towards to check / went to check / Ali chec k ed the motocyclist.
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Vincent TeoCan I say,
(a) He reminded himself that he must be careful when he was on / in the road.
(b) There are no noise in the library. noise is singular.
(c) We cannot make a/any noise while / when we are in the library.
(d) While / When waiting
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Feebs11Vincent TeoCan I say,
(a) He reminded himself that he must be careful when he was on / in the road. ( what are the differences between "on / in the road"?)
(b) There is no noise in the library.
(c) We cannot make a/any noise while / when we are in the li
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(a) He reminded himself that he must be careful when he was in the road. Shouldn't it be 'on'? (g) He ran to the booth to call (for) the ambulance. ' ... call for an/the ambulance'? Is 'for' required? Is it 'an' or 'the' ambulance? |
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Yoong Liat
(a) He reminded himself that he had to be careful when he was in the road.
Shouldn't it be 'on'? To me, 'in' suggests 'in the middle of' and 'on' would be more general and could be any part of the road -- i.e. at the side of the road,
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YankeeYoong Liat
(g) He ran to the booth to call (for) the ambulance.
' ... call for an/the ambulance'?
Is 'for' required? No. I'd prefer it without 'for'.
Is it 'an' or 'the' ambulance?
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Thanks for your explanation. but, I saw someone use "in the road" in a sentence. Are they same with "on the road"?
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Hi PBF
Yes, I would say "Quick! Call an ambulance!"
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Hi VT
I've already explained the difference between 'in the road' and 'on the road' in your sentence in this thread.
If you want to know about a different sentence, please post the whole sentence.
Yes, I would say "Quick! Call an ambulance!"
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Hi VT
I've already explained the difference between 'in the road' and 'on the road' in your sentence in this thread.
If you want to know about a different sentence, please post the whole sentence.
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Hi PBF
Amy is correct. What you wanted to know can be found in her reply to me.
Amy is correct. What you wanted to know can be found in her reply to me.
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It is 'an' ambulance because you are not calling any specific ambulance - any ambulance would be welcome!
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