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Vincent Teo Posted 18 years ago
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for saving his car

0Can I say,02br
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00Ali saw a thief trying to steal the car parked outside the John's house. He immediately called the police. The police patro car came and arrested the thief. The owner of the car thanked Ali for saving his car. 0-
  

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0Vincent, good job. 02br 02br 01font 00Ali saw a thief trying to steal the car parked outside 01del 00the02del 00 John's house. He immediately called the police.

— BarbaraPA

  • 0Vincent, good job.
  • 02br 02br 01font 00Ali saw a thief trying to steal the car parked outside 01del 00the02del 00 John's house.
  • He immediately called the police.
  • The police patro02font 01b 00l02b 01font 00 car came and 02font 00the police 01font 00arrested the thief.
  • The owner of the car thanked Ali for saving his car.
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0Vincent, good job. Only a few mistakes.02br
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01font00Ali saw a thief trying to steal the car parked outside 01del00the02del00 John's house. He immediately called the police. The police patro02font01b00l02b01font00 car came and 02font00the police
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0Can I say,02br
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00(a) The owner thanked John to help him to save his car. 02br
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00(b) The owner thanked John for helping him to save his car.0-
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01cite10Vincent Teo12cite12br
10Can I say,12br
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10(a) The owner thanked John to help him to save his car. 11b10No12b12br
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10(b) The owner thanked John for helping him to save his car. 11b10Yes, but the "to" is not necessary, and I would omit it.12b12
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0Is there correct way to say,02br
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00We use "thanked someone for something" , but not "thanked someone to ..." 02br
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00as like, The onwer thanked John for saving ... , but not "the owner thanked John to save his car." 0-
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0Yes - we thank people FOR something, not TO something. You've got it.0-
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1font00Hi Barbara02font02br
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01font00Just to confirm:02font02br
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01font00The police patro02font01b00l02b01font00 car came and 02font00the police 01font
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0I agree it's not necessary. I was looking at 01i00thanking for 02i00and 01i00thanking to02i00.0-
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0Hi Barbara02br
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00I understand you. When we correct a sentence with a few errors, we tend to miss out one or two other errors.0-
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