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Vincent Teo Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

kicked / kicked with the football

Can I say,

(i) Every weekend, John practices playing football because he has a football competition. One day, John was playing football alone. He kicked the football / kicked with the football hard and it rolled into a deep and big drain.

(ii) The ball that he kicked was rolling into a drain all of a sudden.
  

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Hi Vincent, Can I say, (i) Every weekend, John practices playing football because he has a football competition. One day, John was playing football alone. He kicked the football / kicked with the football hard and it rolled into a deep and big drain.

  • Hi Vincent, Can I say, (i) Every weekend, John practices playing football because he has a football competition.
  • One day, John was playing football alone.
  • He kicked the football / kicked with the football hard and it rolled into a deep and big drain.
  • You need to remove all the repetition.
  • I tried to explain to you earlier that 'past continuous' does not seem like a suitable tense here.
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Hi Vincent,
Can I say,

(i) Every weekend, John practices playing football because he has a football competition. One day, John was playing football alone. He kicked the football / kicked with the football hard and it rolled into a deep and big drain. You need to remove all the repetition.

(ii) The ball that he kicked was rolling into a drain a
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I try:

i) Every weekend, John practices playing football because he has a football competition. One day, John was playing football alone. He kicked it / kicked with it hard and it rolled into a deep and big drain.

(ii) The ball that he kicked rolled into a drain all of a sudden.
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Hi,

i) Every weekend, John practices playing football because he has a football competition. One day, John was playing football alone. He kicked it / kicked with it hard and it rolled into a deep and big drain.

(ii) The ball that he kicked rolled into a drain all of a sudden. OK

i) Every weekend, John practices playing football be

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