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Yoong Liat Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

joining of sentences

0 00 I like 01b00my02b00 ballet lessons. This is more fun and interesting than 01b00my02b00 tuition lessions. 02br
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00 How should the two sentences be joined using ‘prefer’? 02br
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00 I prefer (my) ballet lessons to (my) tuition lessions. 02br
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00 Are the 01i01b00my’s02b00 02i00necessary? 02br
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00 Thank you very much.00 0-
  

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0 Hi Yoong,02br 00I prefer 01i 01b 00my02b 02i 00 ballet lessons to 01i 01b 00my02b 02i 00 tuition lessions. = I like 01i 01b 00my02b 02i 00 ballet lessons. This is more fun and interesting than 01i 01b 00my02b 02i 00 tuition lessions.

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  • 0 Hi Yoong,02br 00I prefer 01i 01b 00my02b 02i 00 ballet lessons to 01i 01b 00my02b 02i 00 tuition lessions.
  • = I like 01i 01b 00my02b 02i 00 ballet lessons.
  • This is more fun and interesting than 01i 01b 00my02b 02i 00 tuition lessions.
  • 02br 02br 00I prefer ballet lessons to tuition lessions.
  • = I like ballet lessons.
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0 Hi Yoong,02br
00I prefer 01i01b00my02b02i00 ballet lessons to 01i01b00my02b02i00 tuition lessions. = I like 01i01b00my02b02i00 ballet lessons. This is more fun and interesting than 01i01b00my02b02i00 tuition lessions. 02br
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01cite10Kooyeen12cite10Hi Yoong,12br
10I prefer 11i11b10my12b12i10 ballet lessons to 11i11b10my12b12i10 tuition lessions. = I like 11i11b10my12b12i10 ballet lessons. This is more fun and interesting than 11i
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0Well, I don't know what could be considered wrong on an exam, you know, they even tend to correct what is actually acceptable to most native speakers. Anyway, I think that if you want a sentence as similar as possible to the other two, you should include "my". By leaving it out you basically say the same thing, but stated differently, which might not be what is required on a test. This is just
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