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Vincent Teo Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
ran after / chased
Can I say,
(i) One day, John was playing football in the park. He kicked the football hard. It rolled towards the drain. He ran after / chased it to catch it, but failed.
(ii) The ball rolled down the drain. John rushed to chase / catch the it.
(i) One day, John was playing football in the park. He kicked the football hard. It rolled towards the drain. He ran after / chased it to catch it, but failed.
(ii) The ball rolled down the drain. John rushed to chase / catch the it.
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Hi, Can I say, (i) One day, John was playing football in the park. He kicked the football hard. It rolled towards the drain.
- Hi, Can I say, (i) One day, John was playing football in the park.
- He kicked the football hard.
- It rolled towards the drain.
- He ran after / chased it but failed to get it.
- Don't repeat the word 'football'.
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Hi,
Can I say,
(i) One day, John was playing football in the park. He kicked the football hard. It rolled towards the drain. He ran after / chased it but failed to get it.
Don't repeat the word 'football'.
(ii) The ball rolled down the drain. John rushed to get it.
Clive
Can I say,
(i) One day, John was playing football in the park. He kicked the football hard. It rolled towards the drain. He ran after / chased it but failed to get it.
Don't repeat the word 'football'.
(ii) The ball rolled down the drain. John rushed to get it.
Clive
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Thanks. So, "rolled towards / to / down the drain" is also correct? How about others? all correct?
(i) One day, John was playing football in the park. He kicked the ball hard. It rolled towards / to the drain. He ran after / chased it but failed to get it.
(ii) The ball rolled down the drain. John rushed to get it
(i) One day, John was playing football in the park. He kicked the ball hard. It rolled towards / to the drain. He ran after / chased it but failed to get it.
(ii) The ball rolled down the drain. John rushed to get it
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Hi,
i) One day, John was playing football in the park. He kicked the ball hard. It rolled towards / to the drain. He ran after / chased it but failed to get it.
(ii) The ball rolled down the drain. John rushed to get it.
These are OK.
But where I live, drains are underground, so you can't get a ball if it goes into a drain.
Clive
i) One day, John was playing football in the park. He kicked the ball hard. It rolled towards / to the drain. He ran after / chased it but failed to get it.
(ii) The ball rolled down the drain. John rushed to get it.
These are OK.
But where I live, drains are underground, so you can't get a ball if it goes into a drain.
Clive
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