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New Hope Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Sentence correction
Which is correct, Thanks in advance.
Ask the boy to count any three candies and take with him.
Ask the boy to count any three candies and take them with him.
Ask the boy to count any three candies and take with him.
Ask the boy to count any three candies and take them with him.
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Only the second is grammatical. I have doubts about whether "count" is the right verb. "choose" or "pick" seem more likely.
- Only the second is grammatical.
- I have doubts about whether "count" is the right verb.
- "choose" or "pick" seem more likely.
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Only the second is grammatical.
I have doubts about whether "count" is the right verb. "choose" or "pick" seem more likely.
I have doubts about whether "count" is the right verb. "choose" or "pick" seem more likely.
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haroon rashidit is a lesson plan on countingI find it a bit hard to grasp the precise meaning of "count any three candies" . Normally when you count items, you have a known or fixed set of items and you want to find out how many there are. The word "any" doesn't seem to me to fit with this idea very well. I wonder whether "count out any three candies" may bet
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