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Vincent Teo Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
did not / could not reach it
Can I say,
(a0 Ben tried hard to take the ball from the drain, but he did not reach. Luckily, he saw a kind man coming. The man managed to get the ball from / out of the drain.
(b) Ben tried to take the ball out (of the drain), but he did not reach it. He quickly found a man to help him as fast as he could. The man helped him to take back the ball.
(c) Ben tried to take the ball, but could not reach it. He decided to find some people to help him. Suddenly, he saw a man walking towards him. The man managed to get the ball. He returned it to Ben.
(d) Ben tried to get the ball, but he could not reach it. He was sad of this ball. At that time, a man came passed by and helped him / a man past by and helped him.
(a0 Ben tried hard to take the ball from the drain, but he did not reach. Luckily, he saw a kind man coming. The man managed to get the ball from / out of the drain.
(b) Ben tried to take the ball out (of the drain), but he did not reach it. He quickly found a man to help him as fast as he could. The man helped him to take back the ball.
(c) Ben tried to take the ball, but could not reach it. He decided to find some people to help him. Suddenly, he saw a man walking towards him. The man managed to get the ball. He returned it to Ben.
(d) Ben tried to get the ball, but he could not reach it. He was sad of this ball. At that time, a man came passed by and helped him / a man past by and helped him.
Top answer
I would say it like it follows Ben tried to take the ball, but could not reach it. Luckily, he saw a man walking by and he decided to ask him for help. The man kindly helped him and got the ball from or out of the drain and gave it back to Ben.
- I would say it like it follows Ben tried to take the ball, but could not reach it.
- Luckily, he saw a man walking by and he decided to ask him for help.
- The man kindly helped him and got the ball from or out of the drain and gave it back to Ben.
- I say from or out of the drain because I think both work but if you want to be more specific you should use out of the drain because the ball was in the drain.
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I would say it like it follows
Ben tried to take the ball, but could not reach it. Luckily, he saw a man walking by and he decided to ask him for help. The man kindly helped him and got the ball from or out of the drain and
Ben tried to take the ball, but could not reach it. Luckily, he saw a man walking by and he decided to ask him for help. The man kindly helped him and got the ball from or out of the drain and
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