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"What needs a seed to grow?"
"What needs a seed to grow?"
Can you explain why the question above is correct?
Can you explain why the question above is correct?
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"; in other words, the sentence is correct, when "a seed" is the direct object, not the subject; on the other hand - what would such a sentence mean, anyway?
- "; in other words, the sentence is correct, when "a seed" is the direct object, not the subject; on the other hand - what would such a sentence mean, anyway?
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This is a correct sentence only when you understand it as a question about the subject: "there is something that needs a seed to be able to grow - what is it?"; in other words, the sentence is correct, when "a seed" is the direct object, not the subject;
on the other hand - what would such a sentence mean, anyway?
on the other hand - what would such a sentence mean, anyway?
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