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Vincent Teo Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
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Can I say,
(1) A flock of birds are / is flying in the sky.
(2) Every evening, she waters her plants in the garden.
(3) The trees were swayed in / by the strong wind.
(4) The cockroach is climbing on the floor.
(5) In the morning, the postman delivers the letters.
(6) He got his new glasses in the optician / optician shop.
(7) They greeted / greeted to their teacher in the school.
(8) The car was involved in an accident.
(9) He is changing a tyre.
(10) Am ambulance is speeding / is at a high speed.
(1) A flock of birds are / is flying in the sky.
(2) Every evening, she waters her plants in the garden.
(3) The trees were swayed in / by the strong wind.
(4) The cockroach is climbing on the floor.
(5) In the morning, the postman delivers the letters.
(6) He got his new glasses in the optician / optician shop.
(7) They greeted / greeted to their teacher in the school.
(8) The car was involved in an accident.
(9) He is changing a tyre.
(10) Am ambulance is speeding / is at a high speed.
Top answer
1 - is 2 - ok 3 - were sway ing in 4 - running 5 - ok 6 - at the optician's 7 - no "to" 8 - ok 9 - ok (US spelling is tire) 10 - an ambulance is traveling at a high rate of speed traveling at a high speed
- 1 - is 2 - ok 3 - were sway ing in 4 - running 5 - ok 6 - at the optician's 7 - no "to" 8 - ok 9 - ok (US spelling is tire) 10 - an ambulance is traveling at a high rate of speed traveling at a high speed
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1 - is
2 - ok
3 - were swaying in
4 - running
5 - ok
6 - at the optician's
7 - no "to"
8 - ok
9 - ok (US spelling is tire)
10 - an ambulance is traveling at a high rate of speed
traveling at a high speed
2 - ok
3 - were swaying in
4 - running
5 - ok
6 - at the optician's
7 - no "to"
8 - ok
9 - ok (US spelling is tire)
10 - an ambulance is traveling at a high rate of speed
traveling at a high speed
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Vincent TeoCan I say,I'll venture a guess that you mean this:
(4) The cockroach is climbing on the floor.
The cockroach is climbing up the wall
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Can I say,
(1)The cockroach is crawling on the floor.
(2)In the morning(=every morning ?), postmen deliver letters.
(3)Every morning, the postman delivers letters.(I don't know why should we put "the" before the word"letters", Because I can't find that "letters"here is definite.)
Please help me with it?
Many thanks in advance
(1)The cockroach is crawling on the floor.
(2)In the morning(=every morning ?), postmen deliver letters.
(3)Every morning, the postman delivers letters.(I don't know why should we put "the" before the word"letters", Because I can't find that "letters"here is definite.)
Please help me with it?
Many thanks in advance
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Hi Vctory Ong
- The cockroach is scurrying across the floor.
Vctory Ong(1)The cockroach is crawling on the floor.You could say that if the cockroach is moving slowly. If the cockroach is moving quickly, I might suggest this:
- The cockroach is scurrying across the floor.
Vctory Ong(2)In the morning(=every morning ?), postmen deliver letters.Your sentence makes
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Thank you very much
The postman/mailman delivers letters every morning.
Why should we put "the" here?
Why don't we say in this way?
Postmen/All postmen deliver letters every morning.
Could anybody help me with it ?
Many thanks in advance
The postman/mailman delivers letters every morning.
Why should we put "the" here?
Why don't we say in this way?
Postmen/All postmen deliver letters every morning.
Could anybody help me with it ?
Many thanks in advance
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If you are talking about whet happens at your house, where one postman delivers letters, you should say, "Every morning the postman delivers letters." (I think this is what Yankee was thinking of .) If you are talking about what happens all over the city, where many postmen are delivering many letters, then you can use "Postmen deliver letters every morning."
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Thanks,
Please let me confirm my understanding to it.
"The" represents to definite postman.
But I still get a question.
Victory: Every morning the postman delivers letters.
If I say it to my friend and doesn't mention him before, will my friend ask me who the postman is?
Or "the" here must refer to the postman who delivers letters to my house.Just like "the
Please let me confirm my understanding to it.
"The" represents to definite postman.
But I still get a question.
Victory: Every morning the postman delivers letters.
If I say it to my friend and doesn't mention him before, will my friend ask me who the postman is?
Or "the" here must refer to the postman who delivers letters to my house.Just like "the
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Another reason I wasn't very happy with "Postmen deliver letters every morning" was that mailmen in our area don't just deliver letters in the morning -- they also deliver letters in the afternoon. At our house, the mailman usually delivers our mail between 11 a.m and 1 p.m.
Some people in town get their mail earlier than we do, and some get it later.
Some people in town get their mail earlier than we do, and some get it later.
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