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Vincent Teo Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
play a trick
Can I say,
(i) One day, John felt bored. so he decided to trick the villagers.
(ii) He decided to play a trick on the villagers.
(iii)One day, he felt bored. So he was going to play a trick with villagers.
(i) One day, John felt bored. so he decided to trick the villagers.
(ii) He decided to play a trick on the villagers.
(iii)One day, he felt bored. So he was going to play a trick with villagers.
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(i) Punctuation error, otherwise OK. (ii) Fine. (iii) Not quite correct.
- (i) Punctuation error, otherwise OK.
- (ii) Fine.
- (iii) Not quite correct.
- "Was going to play" is not exactly wrong, but to me does not read terribly well in this sentence.
- Also, you play a trick on someone, not with them, and "villagers" needs an article.
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(i) Punctuation error, otherwise OK.
(ii) Fine.
(iii) Not quite correct. "Was going to play" is not exactly wrong, but to me does not read terribly well in this sentence. Also, you play a trick on someone, not with them, and "villagers" needs an article.
(ii) Fine.
(iii) Not quite correct. "Was going to play" is not exactly wrong, but to me does not read terribly well in this sentence. Also, you play a trick on someone, not with them, and "villagers" needs an article.
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