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Alc24 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Grammar help please
Could you please tell me how to properly say this?
1 That way I don't have to listen to you do/doing that.
2 It'll be easier to clean up the place once we move out.
3 Put the chairs back the way they were.
4 As important a player as he is to the team, he needs to play a little better if they are to win the championship.
Thank you
1 That way I don't have to listen to you do/doing that.
2 It'll be easier to clean up the place once we move out.
3 Put the chairs back the way they were.
4 As important a player as he is to the team, he needs to play a little better if they are to win the championship.
Thank you
Top answer
" The other sentences are all right grammatically. However, you could drop the "up" from "clean up" in sentence 2, and you could, if you wanted, drop "a player" from sentence 4. Both these changes would make the sentences flow a little better.
- " The other sentences are all right grammatically.
- However, you could drop the "up" from "clean up" in sentence 2, and you could, if you wanted, drop "a player" from sentence 4.
- Both these changes would make the sentences flow a little better.
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Sentence 1: I prefer "doing" to "do."
The other sentences are all right grammatically.
However, you could drop the "up" from "clean up" in sentence 2, and you could, if you wanted, drop "a player" from sentence 4. Both these changes would make the sentences flow a little better.
The other sentences are all right grammatically.
However, you could drop the "up" from "clean up" in sentence 2, and you could, if you wanted, drop "a player" from sentence 4. Both these changes would make the sentences flow a little better.
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