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Vincent Teo Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Get / took a rest
Can I say,
(a)The rabbit felt sleepy and decided to get a rest (under the tree). Soon, the rabbit fell asleep with its snorling.
(b) The rabbit was tired, so it came to a tree and rested behind the tree / it. It also fell asleep. Meanwhile, the tortoise came past the rabbit.
(a)The rabbit felt sleepy and decided to get a rest (under the tree). Soon, the rabbit fell asleep with its snorling.
(b) The rabbit was tired, so it came to a tree and rested behind the tree / it. It also fell asleep. Meanwhile, the tortoise came past the rabbit.
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Vincent Teo The rabbit felt sleepy and decided to get a rest (under the tree). The rabbit felt sleepy and decided to take a rest. Vincent Teo Soon, the rabbit fell asleep with its snorling.
- Vincent Teo The rabbit felt sleepy and decided to get a rest (under the tree).
- The rabbit felt sleepy and decided to take a rest.
- Vincent Teo Soon, the rabbit fell asleep with its snorling.
- "Snorling" - I think you might mean "Snoring" In which case:- Soon, the rabbit fell asleep and started to snore.
- the tortoise WENT past the rabbit.
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Vincent TeoThe rabbit felt sleepy and decided to get a rest (under the tree).The rabbit felt sleepy and decided to take a rest.
Vincent Teo Soon, the rabbit fell asleep with its snorling."Snorling" - I think you might mean "Snoring" In which case:-
Soon, the rabbit fell asleep and started to snore.
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Do you feel weird to say:
The tortoise rested behind it / behind a tree.
(normally, we will say, rested under a tree, right?)
The tortoise rested behind it / behind a tree.
(normally, we will say, rested under a tree, right?)
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You can say either. Behind the tree would suggest that he is out of sight of (say) the road. Under the tree he could be in front or behind but shaded by the trees branches.
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