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Vincent Teo Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
from the garden
Can I say,
Please do not pick flowers from the garden.
Please cannot pluck the flowers in the garden.
Do not pick flowers at the garden / in the garden.
Please do not pick flowers from the garden.
Please cannot pluck the flowers in the garden.
Do not pick flowers at the garden / in the garden.
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The first sentence is fine. The second is wrong. " is incorrect.
- The first sentence is fine.
- The second is wrong.
- " is incorrect.
- "Please do not pluck the flowers in the garden" is grammatically correct but, to me, unnatural.
- It's possible to "pluck flowers", but it's a peculiar choice of word in this particular sentence.
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The first sentence is fine.
The second is wrong. "Please cannot..." is incorrect. "Please do not pluck the flowers in the garden" is grammatically correct but, to me, unnatural. It's possible to "pluck flowers", but it's a peculiar choice of word in this particular sentence.
The second is wrong. "Please cannot..." is incorrect. "Please do not pluck the flowers in the garden" is grammatically correct but, to me, unnatural. It's possible to "pluck flowers", but it's a peculiar choice of word in this particular sentence.
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Thanks. How about this?
Do not pick flowers at the garden / in the garden.
Anybody cannot pick the flowers from the garden.
You must not pick the flowers in the garden. ("You" can mean : many ? )
Do not pick flowers at the garden / in the garden.
Anybody cannot pick the flowers from the garden.
You must not pick the flowers in the garden. ("You" can mean : many ? )
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"in the garden" and "from the garden" are both OK.
"at the garden" is possible, but less likely. It suggests a sense of distance between the speaker and the garden. For example, if you were taking a group of children to visit a garden, then it would be possible, before you set out, to say "Don't pick flowers at the garden".
"at the garden" is possible, but less likely. It suggests a sense of distance between the speaker and the garden. For example, if you were taking a group of children to visit a garden, then it would be possible, before you set out, to say "Don't pick flowers at the garden".
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Thanks.Can I say,
(a) Anybody cannot pick the flowers from the garden.
(b) Everybody cannot pick the flowers from the garden.
(c) You must not pick the flowers from the garden.
(a) Anybody cannot pick the flowers from the garden.
(b) Everybody cannot pick the flowers from the garden.
(c) You must not pick the flowers from the garden.
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Anybody cannot pick the flowers from the garden.
This is wrong. Grammatically it should be "Nobody can pick (the) flowers from the garden", but if you mean that picking flowers is forbidden then "Nobody is allowed to pick (the) flowers from the garden" is better.
You must not pick the flowers in the garden.
OK. "You" can be either singular or plural (one pe
This is wrong. Grammatically it should be "Nobody can pick (the) flowers from the garden", but if you mean that picking flowers is forbidden then "Nobody is allowed to pick (the) flowers from the garden" is better.
You must not pick the flowers in the garden.
OK. "You" can be either singular or plural (one pe
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Vincent Teo(a) Anybody cannot pick the flowers from the garden.Sorry, I think we got a bit out of sync.
(b) Everybody cannot pick the flowers from the garden.
(c) You must not pick the flowers from the garden.
(a) and (c) -- answered above ("in" and "from" both OK).
(b) This is wrong.
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Vincent TeoWhat is wrong to say, "everybody cannot..." ?Hmmm...
When I said "Everybody cannot pick the flowers from the garden" was wrong, I meant it was wrong as a way of instructing people not to pick flowers.
In fact, this sentence is theoretically possible. It is a somewhat unusual and poetic/literary way of saying "Not everybody c
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