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Lucas21c Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Could you help me?
Hi.
I wrote all of the following sentences by myself but I am not sure whether they are correct.
Could you go over them and tell me which one is wrong or unnatural?
Thank you.
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1. A: Have you ever seen my shower cap?
B: (1) Yes. It's on the hook behind the bathroom.
(2) Yes. It was on the hook behind the bathroom.
(3) Yes. I saw it being on the hook behind the bathroom.
(4) Yes. I saw it to be on the hook behind the bathroom.
(5) Yes. I saw it hanging on the hook behind the bathroom.
(6) Yes. I saw it being hanged on the hook behind the bathroom.
(7) Yes. I saw it to hang on the hook behind the bathroom.
(8) Yes, I have seen it hanging on the hook behind the bathroom.
(9) Yes, I have seen it hanged on the hook behind the bathroom.
2. (1) It was such his progress in Piano that it surprised his teacher.
(2) His progress in Piano was such that it surprised his teacher.
I wrote all of the following sentences by myself but I am not sure whether they are correct.
Could you go over them and tell me which one is wrong or unnatural?
Thank you.
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1. A: Have you ever seen my shower cap?
B: (1) Yes. It's on the hook behind the bathroom.
(2) Yes. It was on the hook behind the bathroom.
(3) Yes. I saw it being on the hook behind the bathroom.
(4) Yes. I saw it to be on the hook behind the bathroom.
(5) Yes. I saw it hanging on the hook behind the bathroom.
(6) Yes. I saw it being hanged on the hook behind the bathroom.
(7) Yes. I saw it to hang on the hook behind the bathroom.
(8) Yes, I have seen it hanging on the hook behind the bathroom.
(9) Yes, I have seen it hanged on the hook behind the bathroom.
2. (1) It was such his progress in Piano that it surprised his teacher.
(2) His progress in Piano was such that it surprised his teacher.
Top answer
These are OK as fixed (the other originals are OK, too): 1. A: Have you seen my shower cap? B: (2) Yes.
- These are OK as fixed (the other originals are OK, too): 1.
- A: Have you seen my shower cap?
- B: (2) Yes.
- It was on the hook behind the bathroom the last time I looked.
- (3) Yes.
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These are OK as fixed (the other originals are OK, too):
1. A: Have you seen my shower cap?
B:
(2) Yes. It was on the hook behind the bathroom the last time I looked.
(3) Yes. I saw it on the hook behind the bathroom.
(4) Yes. I saw it on the hook behind the bathroom.
1. A: Have you seen my shower cap?
B:
(2) Yes. It was on the hook behind the bathroom the last time I looked.
(3) Yes. I saw it on the hook behind the bathroom.
(4) Yes. I saw it on the hook behind the bathroom.
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