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Vincent Teo Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Food stain
Can I say,
(a) The food stain is on the shirt.
(b) The dirty stain is on the shirt.
(c)There are some stain on the shirt.
(d)There is a patch of stain on that shirt.
(a) The food stain is on the shirt.
(b) The dirty stain is on the shirt.
(c)There are some stain on the shirt.
(d)There is a patch of stain on that shirt.
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As far as I concerned if you say stain,it means some unwanted thing is on a shirt so we can remove food in 1st sentence,dirty in the 2nd . Apart from these, we can use all the sentences. I leave it to teacher to correct us.
- As far as I concerned if you say stain,it means some unwanted thing is on a shirt so we can remove food in 1st sentence,dirty in the 2nd .
- Apart from these, we can use all the sentences.
- I leave it to teacher to correct us.
- altaf
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As far as I concerned if you say stain,it means some unwanted thing
is on a shirt so we can remove food in 1st sentence,dirty in the 2nd .
Apart from these, we can use all the sentences. I leave it to teacher to
correct us.
altaf
is on a shirt so we can remove food in 1st sentence,dirty in the 2nd .
Apart from these, we can use all the sentences. I leave it to teacher to
correct us.
altaf
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Hi Vincent. Happy New Year to you.
Vincent TeoCan I say,
(a) The food stain is on the shirt. OK.
(b) The dirty stain is on the shirt. OK.
(c)There are some stains on the shirt. OK.
(d)Ther
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Vincent Teothanks. So, is there wrong to say,That would be highly unnatural.
a patch of stain ?
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Thanks. So,
(a) what is the best collective for "a ____ of stain"?
(b) do we say, "food stain"? I seldom heard people say this. I'm not sure.
(a) what is the best collective for "a ____ of stain"?
(b) do we say, "food stain"? I seldom heard people say this. I'm not sure.
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You don't say "a ____ of stain."
There's a small stain. There's a large stain.
Yes, you can say food stain, or grass stain, or blood stain, or wine stain, or ink stain, or oil stain, if you need to describe the type of stain.
There's a small stain. There's a large stain.
Yes, you can say food stain, or grass stain, or blood stain, or wine stain, or ink stain, or oil stain, if you need to describe the type of stain.
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It would be possible to say "a food stain", but common sorts of stains can be described this way, for example:
- a coffee stain
- a blood stain
- a grass stain
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EDIT:
Oops, didn't see you there, Barb.
- a coffee stain
- a blood stain
- a grass stain
.
EDIT:
Oops, didn't see you there, Barb.
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