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Spinyman Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Please need help!
Hello.
I've got a few questions.
1) "He said that Margaret (has, had, had had) a baby by that time." I think it's "had had"
2) When do we use "as adjective as " and just "as and noun". For example: "My hair's the same colour as yours" and "I'm as good as you"
3) I don't know if it correct to use "which" in these sentences: "I have a mate which I doubt" and "I have a guess which I doubt"
4) And the most stupid question but sorry, I'm not really able to comprehend such a situation: People see a puppy and say: "He's so cute" and an owner replies: "It's not "he" or "it's not him". It's a girl." So, what to use - "him" or "he"?
Thanks for everyone's help!
I've got a few questions.
1) "He said that Margaret (has, had, had had) a baby by that time." I think it's "had had"
2) When do we use "as adjective as " and just "as and noun". For example: "My hair's the same colour as yours" and "I'm as good as you"
3) I don't know if it correct to use "which" in these sentences: "I have a mate which I doubt" and "I have a guess which I doubt"
4) And the most stupid question but sorry, I'm not really able to comprehend such a situation: People see a puppy and say: "He's so cute" and an owner replies: "It's not "he" or "it's not him". It's a girl." So, what to use - "him" or "he"?
Thanks for everyone's help!
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" I think it's "had had" You think right. spinyman 2) When do we use "as adjective as " and just "as and noun". For example: "My hair's the same colour as yours" and "I'm as good as you" I'm not sure what you want to know.
- " I think it's "had had" You think right.
- spinyman 2) When do we use "as adjective as " and just "as and noun".
- For example: "My hair's the same colour as yours" and "I'm as good as you" I'm not sure what you want to know.
- You use words when you mean them.
- spinyman 3) I don't know if it correct to use "which" in these sentences: "I have a mate which I doubt" and "I have a guess which I doubt" You can use which as a relative pronoun, but neither of those sentences make sense.
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spinyman1) "He said that Margaret (has, had, had had) a baby by that time." I think it's "had had"You think right.
spinyman2) When do we use "as adjective as " and just "as and noun". For example: "My hair's the same colour as yours" and "I'm as good as you"I'm not sure what you want to know. You use words when
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Hi,
"I'm as good as you."
The pattern "as + adjective + as" is used when we want to say that two persons, things or states are somehow the same: He is as skillful as his father/She was as white as sheet/It's as sharp as a knife. In informal English the first "as" is often omitted.
"I'm as good as you."
The pattern "as + adjective + as" is used when we want to say that two persons, things or states are somehow the same: He is as skillful as his father/She was as white as sheet/It's as sharp as a knife. In informal English the first "as" is often omitted.
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Thank you! Then would "I have guess that I doubt" and "I have a friend whom(who) I doubt" be correct?
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Hi,
"I don't know if it correct to use "which" in these sentences: "I have a mate which I doubt" and "I have a guess which I doubt".
Please read carefully what others on the forum write. CJ told you that the sentences don't make much sense.
I'd write one of them this way:
I work with a person whom I don't trust. (I've avoided the word 'mate' as a 'mate' i
"I don't know if it correct to use "which" in these sentences: "I have a mate which I doubt" and "I have a guess which I doubt".
Please read carefully what others on the forum write. CJ told you that the sentences don't make much sense.
I'd write one of them this way:
I work with a person whom I don't trust. (I've avoided the word 'mate' as a 'mate' i
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