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Vincent Teo Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

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Can I say,

(a) My brother is nice at times.

(b) The fish was the flakes that float above and drink the water that it swim in.

(c) I helped my father do some gardening. Mother is paking all the crockery into the boxes.

I am folding up my clothes to put into a suitcase.

(d) Susan is my best friend I will ever have.

(e) Ali works at the neighbourhood hawker centre.

(f) Yesterday, my tooth fell out.
  

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-- No decipherable meaning (c) I helped my father do some gardening. Mother is packing all the crockery into the boxes. - - OK (d) Susan is the best friend I will ever have.

— Mister Micawber

  • -- No decipherable meaning (c) I helped my father do some gardening.
  • Mother is packing all the crockery into the boxes.
  • - - OK (d) Susan is the best friend I will ever have.
  • - - What is a hawker centre?
  • -- OK
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Use these:

a) My brother is nice at times.-- OK
(b) The fish was the flakes that float above and drink the water that it swim in.-- No decipherable meaning

(c) I helped my father do some gardening. Mother is packing all the crockery into the boxes.

I am folding up my clothes to put into a suitcase.-- OK

(d) Susan is
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Mister MicawberUse these:

(e) Ali works at the neighbourhood hawker centre.-- What is a hawker centre?

In Singapore and Malaysian English, a hawker centre is a large place, usually with common eating tables, where stallholders sell their food. It is sometimes known as a food centre.

(Times-Chambers Essential English D
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Yes, you are right. So, my sentence is correct?

(e) Ali works at the neighbourhood hawker centre.
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Vincent TeoYes, you are right. So, my sentence is correct?

(e) Ali works at the neighbourhood hawker centre.
Based on Singapore and Malaysian English, the sentence is correct.
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