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Vincent Teo Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
mop
Can I say,
(a) She uses a mop to tidy the room.
(b)The floor is very tidy.
(c)She helps to make the clothes dry.
(d) She also has to mop and tidy the house.
(a) She uses a mop to tidy the room.
(b)The floor is very tidy.
(c)She helps to make the clothes dry.
(d) She also has to mop and tidy the house.
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(a) She uses a mop to tidy the room. -- 'Tidy' means 'neat and well organized', not simply 'clean'. It sounds odd here.
- (a) She uses a mop to tidy the room.
- -- 'Tidy' means 'neat and well organized', not simply 'clean'.
- It sounds odd here.
- -- Blow on them??
- No.
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(a) She uses a mop to tidy the room. -- Mops are not really tidiers, but the grammar is OK
(b)The floor is very tidy.-- 'Tidy' means 'neat and well organized', not simply 'clean'. It sounds odd here.
(c)She helps to make the clothes dry.-- How does she do that?-- Blow on them?? No. E.g. 'She helps hang up the clothes to dry'.
(d) She also has to mop and tidy the
(b)The floor is very tidy.-- 'Tidy' means 'neat and well organized', not simply 'clean'. It sounds odd here.
(c)She helps to make the clothes dry.-- How does she do that?-- Blow on them?? No. E.g. 'She helps hang up the clothes to dry'.
(d) She also has to mop and tidy the
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