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Vincent Teo Posted 14 years ago
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Could not decide / decide to

Can I say,

( a) One day, Peter took his sister to go shopping. He wanted to buy a blouse, but her sister wanted to buy a purse. Both of them could not decide. / Both of them could not decide to buy which one. So they did not buy them. Suddenly, they saw a bracelet.

( b) There were many patterns of purses and blouses, so we could not decide / decide to buy (them).

( c) We could not decide what / which presents for my mom.

( d) We saw a purse shop and a blouse shop. I wanted to buy a purse, but my sister preferred to give mother a blouse. We could not decide to buy purse or blouse.

( e) I preferred a blouse, but my sister could not decide.

( f) She went there to buy a present for / on her mother's birthday.
  

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( a) One day, Peter took his sister shopping for his mother's birthday . He wanted to buy a blouse , and his sister wanted to buy a purse. Neither of them could decide which one to buy , so they did not buy anything.

  • ( a) One day, Peter took his sister shopping for his mother's birthday .
  • He wanted to buy a blouse , and his sister wanted to buy a purse.
  • Neither of them could decide which one to buy , so they did not buy anything.
  • Suddenly, they saw a bracelet.
  • ( b) There were many styles of purses and blouses, so we could not decide which one to buy.
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( a) One day, Peter took his sister shopping for his mother's birthday. He wanted to buy a blouse, and his sister wanted to buy a purse. Neither of them could decide which one to buy, so they did not buy anything. Suddenly, they saw a bracelet.

( b) There were many styles of purses and blouses, so we could not decide which one to buy.

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