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Hanuman_2000 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

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Hello,

1. He took off his socks and threw on top of the shoes.

Is this sentence correct? I gues it should be "on the top of the shoes".

2. He tried to push open the door.

I could not understand the combination of "push open".

Could anybody explain it?
  

Top answer

1. And threw THEM on top of his shoes. Not "the" necessary.

— BarbaraPA

  • 1.
  • And threw THEM on top of his shoes.
  • Not "the" necessary.
  • 2.
  • Okay, you are in front of a door, say, like the door between a kitchen and the dining room in a restaurant, that swings both ways.
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1. And threw THEM on top of his shoes. Not "the" necessary.

2. Okay, you are in front of a door, say, like the door between a kitchen and the dining room in a restaurant, that swings both ways. You can grab the handle, and pull it toward you to open it. Or you can place your hands or shoulder on the door and push away from you to open it. In the first case, you pull it open, or pull open
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Hello G.G

Somewhere I read that when we are mentionig about the top of bottom of something , we mostly use "the".

The top of the hill.
Could you please make it more clear?
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Hanuman_2000Hello G.G

Somewhere I read that when we are mentionig about the top of bottom of something , we mostly use "the".

The top of the hill.
Could you please make it more clear?
The top of the hill refers to the top part of the hill.

Your shoes have no top parts. You don't say 'the top part of the shoe'.
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Hanuman_2000Hello,
2. He tried to push open the door.

I could not understand the combination of "push open".

Could anybody explain it?
Are you thinking that it should be 'pushed opened', or has GG answered your question?
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