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Tenacious Learner Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Is this question and answer possible as a narrative device?

Hi teachers,
Is this question and answer possible as a narrative device?
What does the doctor do the day after?
He goes to the shop in a cab.

Thanks in advance.
  

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Hi Clive,
Thank you so much as always.

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The placement of the prepositional phrase suggests the shop is in a cab.

He took a cab to the shop.

Yes, I'm nitpicking, but that's what grammar is about!
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Aspara GusThe placement of the prepositional phrase suggests the shop is in a cab. He took a cab to the shop.
Hi Aspara Gus,
Thank you for your reply. Really?
If that is so, then the sentence should be, 'He takes a cab to the shop.' Right?

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Thinking SpainReally?
Yes. But I'm sure I'm one of the only (if not the only) volunteers here who would carp about such an error.

More about misplaced modifiers:

http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/misplacedmodifier.htm

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Hi Aspara Gus,
Thank you so much for your help and links. As I always say, 'Everything learnt, everything to be learn'. I don't know if that makes sense in English, Because my saying is Spanish. I just did a literal translation.

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The more you learn, the more you realize how little you know.
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enoonThe more you learn, the more you realize how little you know.
OMG, this is so true!
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enoonThe more you learn, the more you realize how little you know.
Hi ennon,
Thanks a lot. But it is not this one. The meaning is completely different. I'll try to find the translation in English.

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