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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Knots cable

How do you write the sentences below?

How did you get this many knots the cable?
headphones.

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eg How did you get this many knots in the headphones cable?

  • eg How did you get this many knots in the headphones cable?
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eg How did you get this many knots in the headphones cable?
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Thank you for your answer.
Is there an apostrophe?

Would you tell me please are these correct?

How did you get this many knots in the cable of my headphones?

would it be correct to leave out cable of?
How did you get this many knots in my headphones?

is the verb form correct? Is "so much" correct because above we ve used "many"? Which is correct to you
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Is there an apostrophe? No

Would you tell me please are these correct?

How did you get this many knots in the cable of my headphones? OK but clumsy

would it be correct to leave out cable of?
How did you get this many knots in my headphones? No

is the v
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Why is there no apostophe? Isn't it the cable of the headphones?

Thank you
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AnonymousWhy is there no apostophe?
Where do you want to put the apostrophe?
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headphone's cable


How did you get this many knots in the headphones cable?

Isn't this the same sentence
How did you get this many knots in the cable of my headphones?

Is there any way to use the verb form?

Thank you
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AnonymousIs there any way to use the verb form?
You knotted / tangled my headphone / earphone cables.
AnonymousHow did you get this many knots in the headphones cable?
"Headphone" is an http://grammar.about.com/od/ab/g/Attri
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Is it possible to use the verb form as you just have but also convey that there were a lot of knots? Is this correct?
You knotted / tangled my headphone / earphone cables so much.

Thank you to both of you
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You knitted my cables into knots.
You thoroughly knotted my cables.
After you finished with them, my cables are just one mass of knots.
After you finished with them, my cables are just one Gordian knot.
After you finished with them, my cables are just one big tangled mess.
They are more knot than cable.
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These are complex sentences; Emotion: big smile

I'm guess 'so much' doesn't work in How did you manage to knot the earphone cables so muc

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