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Vincent Teo Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Represented his school

Can I say,

(a) He represented his school and was the fastest (runner).

(b) The school representative was the fastest (runner).
  

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Hello Vincent. Both of these sentences are correct, you would need the word "runner" on the end otherwise we do not know what he was “the fastest” at doing. However, I still need more information.

  • Hello Vincent.
  • Both of these sentences are correct, you would need the word "runner" on the end otherwise we do not know what he was “the fastest” at doing.
  • However, I still need more information.
  • Was he the fastest runner in the school, or of all the schools that had a representative or the fastest school representative of the county?
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Hello Vincent.



Both of these sentences are correct, you would need the word "runner" on the end otherwise we do not know what he was “the fastest” at doing. However, I still need more information. Was he the fastest runner in the school, or of all the schools that had a representative or the fastest school representative of the county?

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