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Vincent Teo Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Lend him a rod

Can I say,

John forgot to bring his rod. He asked Peter to lend him a rod.
  

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You can, but the repetition of "rod" is a little awkward. You might want to say "John forgot to bring his rod. "

  • You can, but the repetition of "rod" is a little awkward.
  • You might want to say "John forgot to bring his rod.
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You can, but the repetition of "rod" is a little awkward. You might want to say "John forgot to bring his rod. He asked Peter to lend him one."
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Thanks. Can I say,

(a) Last Sunday was sunny. John and Peter went fishing. John's rod caught two fish. It was a happy day for both of them.

(b) He lend a rod to Peter because he had no rod to fish.

(c) He lend out his fishing rod.
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(a) Usually you would just say "John caught two fish" rather than "John's rod caught two fish." What you wrote isn't actually wrong though.

A series of consecutive very short sentences is often not good style; it gives the text a "staccato" feel. However, if you're learning the rudiments of English then it's fine to do this. In fact, I think you should do more of it, rather than t
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Thanks. I try:

Last Sunday was sunny. John and Peter went fishing. John caught two fish. It was a happy day for both of them.

Am I right?
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Vincent Teo
Last Sunday was sunny. John and Peter went fishing. John caught two fish. It was a happy day for both of them.

Am I right?


You got it.

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