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Offroad Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Correctness of a few odd sentences
Dear teachers
Could you point out which ones of these sentences are grammatically correct?
Given the following context:
Clothes were sent to the 'laundry lady' and she mixed them with somebody else's laundry. The owner sent someone there to find or identify the clothes and help the laundry lady separate them.
I wrote these sentences:
Offroad
Could you point out which ones of these sentences are grammatically correct?
Given the following context:
Clothes were sent to the 'laundry lady' and she mixed them with somebody else's laundry. The owner sent someone there to find or identify the clothes and help the laundry lady separate them.
I wrote these sentences:
- Coloured clothes included blue pants, red shirts and greenish trunks.
- The coloured clothes found were blue pants, red shirts and yellowish trunks.
- The coloured clothes found were: blue pants, red shirts and yellowish trunks.
- Among the coloured clothes were found a pink shirt and 2 blue trousers.
- The coloured clothes consisted of blue pants, grey shirts and brown trunks.
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Top answer
offroad Personaly, I like the last one better. They are all acceptable (though the number of red shirts in one person's laundry is unusual, and they have different meanings, of course). The passive voice and the last sentence are rather formal for the situation.
- offroad Personaly, I like the last one better.
- They are all acceptable (though the number of red shirts in one person's laundry is unusual, and they have different meanings, of course).
- The passive voice and the last sentence are rather formal for the situation.
- In real English, I see no reason to mention 'coloured clothes' at all: I found a pink shirt and some blue pants.
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offroadPersonaly, I like the last one better.They are all acceptable (though the number of red shirts in one person's laundry is unusual, and they have different meanings, of course). The passive voice and the last sentence are rather formal for the situation. In real English, I see no reason to mention 'coloured clothes' at all: I found a pink shirt
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