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Tenacious Learner Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Need question correction.

Hi teachers,

Could you correct me my two questions based on the underlined and bold words in the answers?

a) How fast was the big police car?

a) The big police car was fast.

b) How did the kilometers go in the big police car?

b) The kilometers went fast in the big police car.

Thanks in advance
  

Top answer

When we say that a car is fast , we mean that it's capable of going fast. It's a quality of the car. Perhaps you mean something like, How fast was the big police car going?

  • When we say that a car is fast , we mean that it's capable of going fast.
  • It's a quality of the car.
  • Perhaps you mean something like, How fast was the big police car going?
  • (reply) The big police car was going [very] fast.
  • " is not an idiomatic question in English.
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When we say that a car is fast, we mean that it's capable of going fast. It's a quality of the car.

Perhaps you mean something like,

How fast was the big police car going? (reply) The big police car was going [very] fast.

"How did the kilometers go?" is not an idiomatic question in English. I'm not sure what you're asking.

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Hi Avangi,

AvangiPerhaps you mean something like,
How fast was the big police car going? (reply) The big police car was going [very] fast.
But Avangi, the sentence is, "The big police car was fast". (there is no 'going'.)

AvangiAre you referring to the scrolling of the digits on the car's odometer?
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Thinking Spain the sentence is, "The big police car was fast".
No problemo. Just checking. Emotion: smile
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Emotion: smile Hi Avangi,

Thank YOU so much for your detailed reply. I has helped me a LOT!!

TS

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