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Tenacious Learner Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Is this the appropriate question

Hi teachers,
Is this the appropriate question for the bold word in the answer.
How much cheese did he buy?
He bought enough cheese.

Thanks in advance.
  

Top answer

The question is OK, although you might not get the exact answer you want. A native speaker would not answer so repetitively. He'd usually say simply 'Enough'.

— Clive

  • The question is OK, although you might not get the exact answer you want.
  • A native speaker would not answer so repetitively.
  • He'd usually say simply 'Enough'.
  • You know this, as we have discussed your long answers before.
  • Clive
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The question is OK, although you might not get the exact answer you want.

A native speaker would not answer so repetitively. He'd usually say simply 'Enough'.
You know this, as we have discussed your long answers before.
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CliveYou know this, as we have discussed your long answers before.
Hi Clive,
Thanks for the reply.
You are right, we have discussed that before.
Bu the thing is that the question and answer are for beginners. Having said that, how can they learn structure if the answer is only 'enough'?
In MHO those kind of answers a native speaker will give are
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Hi,

Your longer passages that you have posted elsewhere suggest you already expect your students to understand declarative sentence structure.

Like you, I'm just presenting my opinion.


Clive
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I don't think it s right Emotion: stick out tongue it seems a littel bit ... i don't know but i just feel that it's wrong
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CliveYour longer passages that you have posted elsewhere suggest you already expect your students to understand declarative sentence structure.
Hi Clive,
I can see where the problem is.
When I have posted my questions, they are both, for beginners and intermediates. That's where probably the confusion is, isn't it?

TS
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Thinking SpainIs this the appropriate question for the bold word in the answer.How much cheese did he buy?He bought enough cheese.
The reason this doesn't work as a question-answer pair is that the question asks for an amount and the answer gives an opinion about an amount. There is no exact question that can elicit this kind of opinion unless you ask
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