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Vincent Teo Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

guides

What does it mean "guides"? "guides"= "scouts"?

Some guides are washing the car.
  

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" "Guides" are usually natives who are paid well to show tourists or adventurers or explorers how to safely travel about in a foreign, possibly dangerous land, and how to locate specific points of interest. OR , they may simply conduct guided tours of the museum, or something like that. I don't think they'd wash cars, unless they were paid extra for it.

  • " "Guides" are usually natives who are paid well to show tourists or adventurers or explorers how to safely travel about in a foreign, possibly dangerous land, and how to locate specific points of interest.
  • OR , they may simply conduct guided tours of the museum, or something like that.
  • I don't think they'd wash cars, unless they were paid extra for it.
  • Sometimes porters are hired to carry things.
  • They could conceivably wash cars.
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Could you possibly have heard, "Some guys are washing the car?"

"Guides" are usually natives who are paid well to show tourists or adventurers or explorers how to safely travel about in a foreign, possibly dangerous land, and how to locate specific points of interest. OR, they may simply conduct guided tours of the museum, or something like that. I don't thi
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Vincent, my friend, you know that we often need more context in order to be able to give you a good answer.

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