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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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Let me try (it?)

Hi. Please help. Which is correct in the following contexts?

1. His friend is riding a bike, but does it poorly. Now, he wants to ride it, too.

Please let me try (it?).

2. His friend is fixing his bike but having a hard time at it.

Oh, let me try (it?).
  

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1. I think "let me try your bike/it" is correct. 2.

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  • I think "let me try your bike/it" is correct.
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  • I would just say "let me try/do it"
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1. I think "let me try your bike/it" is correct.
2. I would just say "let me try/do it"
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Your pronouns are difficult to resolve. Please use proper names when giving this sort of context.

1. John's friend is riding a bike, but is riding it poorly. Now, John wants to ride it, too.
a) Please let me ride your bike.
b) Please let me try to ride your bike.
c) I know how to ride a bike. Let me show you how to do it.

2. John's friend
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AnonymousHi. Please help. Which is correct in the following contexts?1. His friend is riding a bike, but does it poorly. Now, he wants to ride it, too.Please let me try (it?).2. His friend is fixing his bike but having a hard time at it.Oh, let me try (it?).
it is optional in the expression Let me try it. It is usually omitted. I just sa
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Thank you and CalifJim and snuppelina. Can you help me with this, too?

You wrote:

1. John's friend is riding a bike, but is riding it poorly. Now, John wants to ride it, too.

Originally, I wrote for the part that comes after the conjunction "but" this: "does it poorly." I think we can write that since he is saying something about how he is riding the
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AnonymousOriginally, I wrote for the part that comes after the conjunction "but" this: "does it poorly."
Yes, you can use "does;" your sentence was OK. "Riding poorly" to me means he was falling off a lot, or running off the road...
Anonymous"We can assume he had gone home after school on that day, too."
That's fine.

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