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Vincent Teo Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Oil is in a / the bottle
Can I say,
(a) The oil is in a / the bottle.
(b) The oil is in a big bottle.
(c) Oil is in a bottle.
(d) There is little / much oil in the bottle.
(e) There was full of oil in the bottle.
(a) The oil is in a / the bottle.
(b) The oil is in a big bottle.
(c) Oil is in a bottle.
(d) There is little / much oil in the bottle.
(e) There was full of oil in the bottle.
Top answer
(a) The oil is in a / the bottle. -- OK (b) The oil is in a big bottle. -- OK (c) Oil is in a bottle.
- (a) The oil is in a / the bottle.
- -- OK (b) The oil is in a big bottle.
- -- OK (c) Oil is in a bottle.
- -- not likely (d) There is little oil in the bottle.
- -- OK, but in conversation it would be more usual to say: "There isn't a lot of / isn't much oil in the bottle".
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(a) The oil is in a / the bottle. -- OK
(b) The oil is in a big bottle. -- OK
(c) Oil is in a bottle. -- not likely
(d) There is little oil in the bottle. -- OK, but in conversation it would be more usual to say: "There isn't a lot of / isn't much oil in the bottle".
There is much oil in the bottle. -- grammatically correct, but not natural to me in e
(b) The oil is in a big bottle. -- OK
(c) Oil is in a bottle. -- not likely
(d) There is little oil in the bottle. -- OK, but in conversation it would be more usual to say: "There isn't a lot of / isn't much oil in the bottle".
There is much oil in the bottle. -- grammatically correct, but not natural to me in e
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