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Rommel Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary
How can make the word 'herb' not redundant
Please help me. How can make the word herb not redundant in the following sentences? I guess simply using the pronoun it doesn't seem fine. What should I do?
Once there was a teenager named Ignacio. He loved to discover things. One day, when he watched a movie, he noticed that the lead actor was smoking some herb. Young as he was, he didn’t know what that herb was. To satisfy his curiosity, he searched for the herb. He found out that the herb was marijuana.
Once there was a teenager named Ignacio. He loved to discover things. One day, when he watched a movie, he noticed that the lead actor was smoking some herb. Young as he was, he didn’t know what that herb was. To satisfy his curiosity, he searched for the herb. He found out that the herb was marijuana.
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It is fine. eg Once there was a teenager named Ignacio. He loved to discover things.
- It is fine.
- eg Once there was a teenager named Ignacio.
- He loved to discover things.
- One day, when he watched a movie, he noticed that the lead actor was smoking some herb.
- Young as he was, he didn’t know what it was, so to satisfy his curiosity he searched for it .
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It is fine.
eg Once there was a teenager named Ignacio. He loved to discover things. One day, when he watched a movie, he noticed that the lead actor was smoking some herb. Young as he was, he didn’t know what it was, so to satisfy his curiosity he searched for it. He found out t
eg Once there was a teenager named Ignacio. He loved to discover things. One day, when he watched a movie, he noticed that the lead actor was smoking some herb. Young as he was, he didn’t know what it was, so to satisfy his curiosity he searched for it. He found out t
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CliveSearched' does not work here. You need to specify how/where he searched.Clive, if I say ...so to satisfy his curiosity he searched for it somewhere in the nearby forest, would it be all right?
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You know, Clive, I thought at first that the pronoun it might mislead the reader who might think that it refers to the movie (which was mentioned first). What do you think?
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Would it be fine if I say ...so to satisfy his curiosity he searched the forest for it or ...so to satisfy his curiosity he searched through the forest for it?
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You don't find marijuana growing randomly in the forest.
Even if you did find someone's little plot of it, you would not be able to identify it as the same "herb" being smoked because the form is so different.
Even if you did find someone's little plot of it, you would not be able to identify it as the same "herb" being smoked because the form is so different.
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You know, Clive, I thought at first that the pronoun it might mislead the reader who might think that it refers to the movie (which was mentioned first). What do you think?
Broadly speaking in terms of grammar, when you use the pronoun 'it', it refers to the most recent thing mentioned. Not to the first thing mentioned.
Broadly speaking in terms of grammar, when you use the pronoun 'it', it refers to the most recent thing mentioned. Not to the first thing mentioned.
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