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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).
(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?
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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