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B8531021 Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

How to combine two sentences?

0Mr. Brown doesn't like playing tennis.02br
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00He likes to play beseball game.02br
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0 It's a contrast: He doesn't like one thing. 02br 02br 00 Mr. 02br 02br 00 We don't say "play baseball game".

— CalifJim

  • 0 It's a contrast: He doesn't like one thing.
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  • 02br 02br 00 We don't say "play baseball game".
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0 It's a contrast: He doesn't like one thing. He likes another thing.02br
00 So we usually use 01i00but02i00 to connect them.02br
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00 Mr. Brown doesn't like playing tennis, 01i00but02i00 he likes to play baseball.02br
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00 We don't say "play baseball game". We say "play baseball".02b
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0Thank you CalifJim to solve my question.02br
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01cite10B853102112cite10Mr. Brown doesn't like playing tennis.12br
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10He likes to play beseball game.12br
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10How to combine these two sentences?12br
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10Mr. Brown doesn't like playing tennis, 01i00but02i00 he likes p
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0Hi,02br
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00How about putting "the" in front of "baseball game" and "tennis game" as "game" is a countable noun.02br
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00I agree that your sentence is more natural-sounding and correct, but can you accept my version as a grammaticlly correct one 01u00if the context was set before and the parties involved were talking about games before.0
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10Hi,12br
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10How about putting "the" in front of "baseball game" and "tennis game" as "game" is a countable noun.12br
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10I agree that your sentence is more natural-sounding and correct, but can you accept my version as a grammaticlly correct one 11u
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01u10if the context was set before and the parties involved were talking about games before.12u12blockquote
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00 If games were played -- a game of tennis and a game of baseball -- then yes, you could refer back to them as 01b00the02b00 tennis game and 01b00the02b00 baseb
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0Thank CJ.02br
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00WHAT YOU THOUGHT IS CORRECT. Now, these two sentences below will surely be correct. Right?02br
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01i00Mr. Brown does not like playing tennis games, but he likes to play baseball games.02i0-
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0 01i00Mr. Brown does not like playing tennis games, but he likes to play baseball games.02br
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00 Yes. The (one) sentence above is correct.02br
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00 CJ02br
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0hum...02br
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00Thank you for everyone helping me.02br
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0Thank you.02br
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00How many sentences do you think are here, Mr. CJ, and what do you mean by the one sentence? Which sentence? 01i00I think there is only one full sentence here.02i02br
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01i00Mr. Brown does not like playing tennis games, but he likes to play baseball games. 02i0-
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