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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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Go to the car
is it correct to say "im going to the car to ge my glasses "?
and how do you respond when someone asks you "where have you been" i mean, is it correct to say "i was to the shop " or "ive been to the shop" or what else ? please help me
and how do you respond when someone asks you "where have you been" i mean, is it correct to say "i was to the shop " or "ive been to the shop" or what else ? please help me
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I'm going to the car to get my glasses. " That isn't a complete sentence, obviously, and shouldn't be used in writing other than if writing dialogue, but it is frequently used in conversation. " That wouldn't mean that you had literally run to the shop, just that you had made a quick trip.
- I'm going to the car to get my glasses.
- " That isn't a complete sentence, obviously, and shouldn't be used in writing other than if writing dialogue, but it is frequently used in conversation.
- " That wouldn't mean that you had literally run to the shop, just that you had made a quick trip.
- "I ran out to the shop," is also frequently used in conversation.
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I'm going to the car to get my glasses. (Very common usage that is frequently heard.)
When someone inquires about where you have been, it would be perfectly correct to say, "I've been to the shop." Or, in casual conversation, you might answer in just a sentence fragment, "To the shop." That isn't a complete sentence, obviously, and shouldn't be used in writing other than if writing di
When someone inquires about where you have been, it would be perfectly correct to say, "I've been to the shop." Or, in casual conversation, you might answer in just a sentence fragment, "To the shop." That isn't a complete sentence, obviously, and shouldn't be used in writing other than if writing di
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Thanks alot 
Also, for example, if your outside the store and someone comes up to you and asks you "Why are you staying here by
Also, for example, if your outside the store and someone comes up to you and asks you "Why are you staying here by
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That should be, "...if you're outside the store..." or, "if you are outside the store." Your is the possessive form of the pronoun you. You're is the contraction for you are.
It would be correct to say either, "I'm just waiting for my friend. He went to the car to get his glasses." or, I'm just waiting for my friend; he went to the car to get his glasses."
You would need to
It would be correct to say either, "I'm just waiting for my friend. He went to the car to get his glasses." or, I'm just waiting for my friend; he went to the car to get his glasses."
You would need to
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