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Vincent Teo Posted 19 years ago
(a) As the hours passed, the crowds started to grow bigger.
As the hours passed, the crowds were getting bigger. / .. were getting (to grow) bigger.
As the hours passed, the crowds become bigger and bigger.
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(a) As the hours passed, the crowds started to grow bigger.
As the hours passed, the crowds were getting bigger. / .. were getting (to grow) bigger.
As the hours passed, the crowds become bigger and bigger.
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Hi Vincent, 'Crowd' as a noun is a collective noun. You can't have 'crowds' when you are using it as a noun. I would say this.
- Hi Vincent, 'Crowd' as a noun is a collective noun.
- You can't have 'crowds' when you are using it as a noun.
- I would say this.
- " Best wishes, PBF
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Hi Vincent,
'Crowd' as a noun is a collective noun. You can't have 'crowds' when you are using it as a noun.
I would say this. "As the hours passed, the crowd grew larger and larger."
Best wishes,
PBF
'Crowd' as a noun is a collective noun. You can't have 'crowds' when you are using it as a noun.
I would say this. "As the hours passed, the crowd grew larger and larger."
Best wishes,
PBF
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Vincent TeoSo, how about others? Are there correct?You should say 'So, how about the others?'
As the hours passed, the crowd
As the hours passed, the crowd
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I would suggest these:
After a few hours (had passed), the crowd started to grow bigger.
As the hours passed, the crowd got bigger. / As the hours passed, the crowd was getting bigger.
As the hours passed, the crowd grew bigger. / As the hours passed, the crowd was growing bigger.
As the hours passed, the crowd became bigger and bigger.
Instead of "as the
After a few hours (had passed), the crowd started to grow bigger.
As the hours passed, the crowd got bigger. / As the hours passed, the crowd was getting bigger.
As the hours passed, the crowd grew bigger. / As the hours passed, the crowd was growing bigger.
As the hours passed, the crowd became bigger and bigger.
Instead of "as the
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Hi Yankee,
So, 'the crowd grew bigger and bigger' does not sound natural or perhaps not grammatical, right? In addition, what does it sound like if I use 'larger' instead 'bigger'.
Thank you for your suggestions.
Best wishes,
PBF
So, 'the crowd grew bigger and bigger' does not sound natural or perhaps not grammatical, right? In addition, what does it sound like if I use 'larger' instead 'bigger'.
Thank you for your suggestions.
Best wishes,
PBF
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PeaceblinkfriendHi Yankee,No, 'grew bigger and bigger' is fine, too. I was just trying to stick to VT's original sentences as much as possible. 'Larger' is also OK, and is so
So, 'the crowd grew bigger and bigger' does not sound natural or perhaps not grammatical, right? In addition, what does it sound like if I use 'larger' instead 'bigger'.
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Ah, I get it now. Thank you for explaining that to me, Yankee.
Best wishes,
PBF
Best wishes,
PBF
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