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Vincent Teo Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

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Can I say,

(a) Two strange men dashed into the shop. They wore masks. They were pulled out their

guns and pointed at us.

(b) We were so terrified that we were frozen by the shock.

(c) The burglars ordered the assistant to bring out the jewellery to them because they wanted

to steal the jewellery. But, the assistant was working slowly. They started to be impatient

and shouted angrily at her.
  

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Hi, (a) Two strange men dashed into the shop, wearing masks. They were pulled out their guns and pointed them at us. (b) We were so terrified that we were frozen with shock.

  • Hi, (a) Two strange men dashed into the shop, wearing masks.
  • They were pulled out their guns and pointed them at us.
  • (b) We were so terrified that we were frozen with shock.
  • (c) The burglars ordered the assistant to bring out the jewellery because they wanted to steal it, but she worked slowly.
  • They started to be impatient and shouted angrily at her.
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Hi,

(a) Two strange men dashed into the shop, wearing masks. They were pulled out their

guns and pointed them at us.

(b) We were so terrified that we were frozen with shock.

(c) The burglars ordered the assistant to bring out the jewellery because t
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They were pulled out their guns
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(a) Two strange men dashed into the shop, wearing masks. They were pulled out their

guns and pointed them at us.



Can you explain? I don't understand.
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Hi,

a) Two strange men dashed into the shop. They wore masks. They were pulled out their

guns and pointed them at us.

'They pointed at us' sounds like they pointed their fingers at us.

The pronoun 'them' makes clear that the guns were pointed at

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