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Vincent Teo Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

On the slippery floor

Can I say,

(a) We must be careful on the slippery floor.

(b) We must walk carefully when the floor is slippery.

(c) We must be careful if the floor is wet and slippery.

(d) We must be careful because the water on the floor is slippery.

(e) We have to walk carefully when the floor is slippery.

(f) We have to walk carefully on the slippery road.
  

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(d) We must be careful because there is water on the floor and it is slippery. (f) We have to walk carefully on the slippery road. (This is OK, but road is not the same as floor.

  • (d) We must be careful because there is water on the floor and it is slippery.
  • (f) We have to walk carefully on the slippery road.
  • (This is OK, but road is not the same as floor.
  • )
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(d) We must be careful because there is water on the floor and it is slippery.

(f) We have to walk carefully on the slippery road. (This is OK, but road is not the same as floor. A road is outside, and is usually only slippery for cars driving on it, not people walking.)

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