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Tenacious Learner Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Could you correct the question?

Hi teachers,
According to the following sentence, 'There were noises in his head, he could not see.' Should the question be,
'What was there in his head and what could he not do?’.

Thanks in advance.
  

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The number of possible questions to which this sentence can be an answer is endless. For example: -How come the sniper missed the target? -Why/How did he cross the red light?

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  • The number of possible questions to which this sentence can be an answer is endless.
  • For example: -How come the sniper missed the target?
  • -Why/How did he cross the red light?
  • -Describe how Adam performed at the shooting test.
  • -What was it that made John fail to dodge the ball?
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The number of possible questions to which this sentence can be an answer is endless.
For example:

-How come the sniper missed the target?
-Why/How did he cross the red light?
-Describe how Adam performed at the shooting test.
-What was it that made John fail to dodge the ball?
..
However, for this sentence to be a correct answer to the q
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Hi screamerer,
Thank you for the reply.
The given sentence is from an Audio CD story so it can't no be changed at all.
It is as it stands. 'There were noises in his head, he could not see.'
This is the paragraph that contains that sentence.
The man ran faster. His legs were tired, his body was tired. There were noises in his head, he could not see.
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Still, this small paragraph alone is not entirely sufficient.. . Based on it, and supposing he was running away from those trees, you can ask:
-Describe the man as he ran away from the trees.

If it was the trees that he was running to, or looking for, you can ask:
-Why did the man want to stop running, though the trees were two hundred metres away?
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screamererBased on it, and supposing he was running away from those trees, you can ask:
Hi screamerer,
Thank you for your reply. In fact, he was nor running away from those trees, he wanted to get there. He has just escaped from prison and dogs were following him.
screamererDescribe the man as he ran away from the trees.
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Thinking SpainIf you don't mind, I'd rather ask questions than just give them instructions.
What kind of reply is this? What is it supposed to mean??
Thinking SpainThis one will be too complicated for my students
This I understand.
Thinking Spainaccording to me and the information that I have given to
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screamererIf I don't mind? What's this supposed to mean?
Hi,
It was just a polite way to express myself. I prefer to ask questions than to give instructions. Why? A few teachers on this forum have told me so and given me the reasons for that.
screamererAccording to me and the information that I have given to you it won't fit.
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Thinking SpainHi,It was just a polite way to express myself. I prefer to ask questions than to give instructions. Why? A few teachers on this forum have told me so and given me the reason for that.
It didn't hit me as polite.
Thinking SpainWhy did the man want to stop running ...? Because the only reason to stop running was that his leg
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screamererAnyway, you can change the 'instruction' into an answer as follows
Sorry, I meant a question.
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Hi screamerer,
Thank you for your reply, But I think it's fine to use an "and" in my question:
What was there in his head and what could he not do?
There were noises in his head, he could not see.

Another example:
What flowers did he buy
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..But I think it's fine to use an "and" in my question:
I totally agree with you. It's just that the use of comma in the sentence, There were noises in his head, he could not see, and as it originally came in the paragraph, makes it sound that his inability to see was a result of the noises in his head, that is, he couldn't see BECAUSE there were noises in his
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