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Lucus Ong Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Hava a grip on

Could anybody correct this sentence for me?
The teacher humour makes him have a grip on his students.

Many thanks in advance.
  

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This isn't natural, and I'm not totally clear what you're trying to say. "

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This isn't natural, and I'm not totally clear what you're trying to say. I think you probably mean something like "The students find the teacher's humour engaging."
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Thank,
What I means is "the teacher has a great attraction on his students because of his humour."

Many thanks in advance.
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Vctory OngWhat I means is "the teacher has a great attraction on his students because of his humour."

This is intelligible but isn't good English. You could say:

"The teacher has (a) great appeal to his students because of his humour."

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