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Vincent Teo Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

repair water pump

Can I say,

(a) He is repairing the water pump now.

(b) He repaired the hydrate.

(c) He is repairing the tap water.

(d) He is repairing the leaking tap water / hydrate/water pump.
  

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Vincent Teo Can I say, (a) He is repairing the water pump now. OK (b) He repaired the hydrate. g.

— Yankee

  • Vincent Teo Can I say, (a) He is repairing the water pump now.
  • OK (b) He repaired the hydrate.
  • g.
  • hydrates) as being broken and in need of repair .
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Vincent TeoCan I say,

(a) He is repairing the water pump now. OK

(b) He repaired the hydrate. People don't usually think of chemicals (e.g. hydrates) as being broken and in need of repair.

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How about (c) and (d) ? Are they correct?

(c) He is repairing the tap water.

(d) He is repairing the leaking tap water / hydrate/water pump.
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Vincent TeoHow about (c) and (d) ? Are they correct?

(c) He is repairing the tap water. People don't usually think of water as being broken and/or possible to repair.

(d) He is repairing the leaking tap water / hydrate/water pump.
Try these instead, VT:
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CAn I Say,

(a) The plumber repaired the pipe because it was leaking last week.
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Vincent TeoCAn I Say,

(a) The plumber repaired the pipe because it was leaking last week.
I'd rephrase as The plumber repaired the leaking pipe last week.
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>>>>I'd rephrase as The plumber repaired the leaking pipe last week.

Technically speaking, "leaking" is not the proper adjective. We can refer to a pipe with leaks as a "leaky pipe" and say, "the plumber repaired the leaks in the pipe last week", rather than "leaking pipe", especially with the use of past time phrase like "last week".
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Goodman
>>>>I'd rephrase as The plumber repaired the leaking pipe last week.

Technically speaking, "leaking" is not the proper adjective. We can refer to a pipe with leaks as a "leaky pipe" and say, "the plumber repaired the leaks in the pipe last week", rather than "leaking pipe", especially with the use of pas
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Yoong Liat
Goodman
>>>>I'd rephrase as The plumber repaired the leaking pipe last week.

Technically speaking, "leaking" is not the proper adjective. We can refer to a pipe with leaks as a "leaky pipe" and say, "the plumber repaired the leaks in the pipe last week", rather than "leaking pi
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