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Guest Posted 23 years ago
Grammar
Right or wrong? (Guest:Iman)
I'm a student. I want to know weather the following sentences are correct or wrong.
1. Is the dog sleeping the bone again?
2. Max cleaned the garden up.
3. Max cleaned up the garden.
4. Max cleaned up it.
1. Is the dog sleeping the bone again?
2. Max cleaned the garden up.
3. Max cleaned up the garden.
4. Max cleaned up it.
Top answer
1. No. Is the dog sniffing the bone again?
- 1.
- No.
- Is the dog sniffing the bone again?
- 2.
- Acceptable.
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1. No. Is the dog sniffing the bone again?
2. Acceptable.
3. Acceptable.
4. No. Max cleaned it up.
2. Acceptable.
3. Acceptable.
4. No. Max cleaned it up.
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RishonlyCan you please explain the reason for # 4 being wrong?
It simply would never be used that way. The pronoun wants to be used directly after the verb. Jacko is correct with his alternative.
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Hi Lazarus,
'The pronoun wants to be used' is incorrect. You can say 'The pronoun needs to be used' or 'The pronoun should be used ..' or ..etc, in so many ways. My two cents.
'The pronoun wants to be used' is incorrect. You can say 'The pronoun needs to be used' or 'The pronoun should be used ..' or ..etc, in so many ways. My two cents.
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In English you have an fixed word order, except in interrogatives and exclamations.
It looks as this:
Subject + verb + object/complement - this is how an affirmative sentence looks like, normally.
From this your sentence 4. Max cleaned up it, is correct but since it is a verbal phrase consisting of two items you need to split them up and put the pronoun in
It looks as this:
Subject + verb + object/complement - this is how an affirmative sentence looks like, normally.
From this your sentence 4. Max cleaned up it, is correct but since it is a verbal phrase consisting of two items you need to split them up and put the pronoun in
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De nada rishonly, but i did not explain it grammatically. Anyone able to do so?
Jay
Jay
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Uhm, I think "Max cleaned it up" is correct. The question here is where we put the object. Am I right?! If a transitive phrasal verb ends with an adverb, we have 3 possibilities!
1. If the object is a noun phrase, you can put it ever before or after the adverb.
Example: "Max cleaned up the garden" or "Max cleaned the
1. If the object is a noun phrase, you can put it ever before or after the adverb.
Example: "Max cleaned up the garden" or "Max cleaned the
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