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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Grammar

I was hoping you can help me correct the grammar

"i received a little something from christmas."
  

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" The problem is basically your meaning rather than your grammar. "i received a little something from Tom" means Tom gave you something. "i received a little something from christmas" means Christmas gave you something, which does not make sense.

  • " The problem is basically your meaning rather than your grammar.
  • "i received a little something from Tom" means Tom gave you something.
  • "i received a little something from christmas" means Christmas gave you something, which does not make sense.
  • Perhaps you mean "i received a little something for christmas", ie as a Christmas gift.
  • Note also that your grammar is incorrect because you have not used a capital 'I'.
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Hi,
I was hoping you can help me correct the grammar

"i received a little something from christmas."

The problem is basically your meaning rather than your grammar.

"i received a little something from Tom" means Tom gave you something.


"i received a little something from christmas" means Christmas gave you something, which does

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