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Christine Christie Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

Picking a branch

Is this sentence correct:


"The orchid had such a beautiful flower that I couldn't resist picking a branch of it with a flower."


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THANK YOU.

  

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Christine Christie Is this sentence correct: It is understandable, but trees have branches, and flowers have stems. I don't know what orchids have, and I am not going to cheat by googling it.

  • Christine Christie Is this sentence correct: It is understandable, but trees have branches, and flowers have stems.
  • I don't know what orchids have, and I am not going to cheat by googling it.
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Christine ChristieIs this sentence correct:

It is understandable, but trees have branches, and flowers have stems. I don't know what orchids have, and I am not going to cheat by googling it.

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Christine Christie

Is this sentence correct:


"The orchid had such a beautiful flower that I couldn't resist picking a branch of it with a flower."


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THANK YOU.

It's correct, but on hearing "orchid" we usually think of the flower first, and of the whole plant later. So all you need is the follow

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