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Vincent Teo Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

corrections 1b

Can i say,

(a) Ali, please borrow me your pencil.

(b) Susan buys (a pair of)clogs for mother.

Susan buys a new pair of clogs to the mother.

(c) Susan has a flower, it is red. (Is there a sentence or 2 sentences? How do I identify?)

(d) The thirty apples are in the basket.

(e) She has one old black computer.

(f) Please may I have a ruler?
  

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(a) Ali, please lend me your pencil. (b) Susan bought / is buying/will buy (a pair of)clogs for her mother. Susan bought / is buying/will buy a new pair of clogs for her mother.

— Mister Micawber

  • (a) Ali, please lend me your pencil.
  • (b) Susan bought / is buying/will buy (a pair of)clogs for her mother.
  • Susan bought / is buying/will buy a new pair of clogs for her mother.
  • (c) Susan has a flower ; it is red.
  • (Is there a sentence or 2 sentences?
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(a) Ali, please lend me your pencil.

(b) Susan bought/is buying/will buy (a pair of)clogs for her mother.

Susan bought/is buying/will buy a new pair of clogs for her mother.

(c) Susan has a flower; it is red. (Is there a sentence or 2 sentences? -- two independent clauses, with no conjunction)

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Mister Micawber(b) Susan bought/is buying/will buy (a pair of)clogs for her mother. (after bought, must used "for" , not "to"?)

(c) Susan has a flower; it is red. (so, that is a sentence or 2 sentences? )

(e) She has one and old black computer. (why ? there is wrong ?)

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B-- buy something for someone, not to someone.

C-- The way I have written it, it is a single sentence. Sentences are be separated by a period only.

E-- You indicated that you have quoted me, but that is not true-- I did not write that. You changed it. Please look at my post above for the correct version of the sentence.
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ok, sorry I overlooked. If I say like that sentence, is that correct?

(a) She has one and old black computer.
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Vincent Teo
ok, sorry I overlooked. If I say like that sentence, is that correct?

(a) She has one and old black computer. Incorrect.

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Vincent, what you wrote originally and I approved is correct:
(e) She has one old black computer.-- OK
The others are not.
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Can I say,

(a) She has an old and black computer.

(b) She has an old black computer.
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Mister Micawber(d) The thirty apples are in the basket. -- OK

Why is the article used here? :-S

@Vincent Teo

Can I say,

(a) She has an old and black computer. - if you were talking about two different colours, you would need "and" between them, but I would never put it here in this sentenc
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(missing image) Mister Micawber wrote:

(d) The thirty apples are in the basket. -- OK
Why is the article used here?
You'll have to ask Vincent. There is nothing wrong with it.
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Loojka
Mister Micawber(d) The thirty apples are in the basket. -- OK

Why is the article used here? :-S

Imagine the following scenario:

Q: There are exactly thirty apples missing from the sack! Does anybody have a slightest idea where they might have ended up?

A: Sir, befor
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