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Sundarnaz Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Sentences of present indefinite tense 2

6) I pay my bill by 10th of every month.
7) This butcher weighs less.
8) This shopkeeper sells sub-standard goods.
9) The greedy man earns black money.
10) The poor post man hardly makes both ends meet.
  

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sundarnaz 6) I pay my bill by 10th of every month. You need the before "10th". sundarnaz 7) This butcher weighs less.

  • sundarnaz 6) I pay my bill by 10th of every month.
  • You need the before "10th".
  • sundarnaz 7) This butcher weighs less.
  • The meaning of this is unclear.
  • sundarnaz 9) The greedy man earns black money.
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sundarnaz6) I pay my bill by 10th of every month.
You need the before "10th".
sundarnaz7) This butcher weighs less.
The meaning of this is unclear.
sundarnaz9) The greedy man earns black money.
The meaning of this is unclear.
sundarnaz10) The poor
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Sentence no. 7 means if the price of meat is 200rs per Kg. The butcher sells meat at 200 Rs but the weight of the meat is less than 1Kg. The buyer don't know this. So,
This butch weigh less.
You didn't say anything about sentence No. 8?
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6) I pay my bill by the 10th of every month.

7) This butcher puts less than the purchase weight in the package.

8) Correct.

9) The man is greedy and makes money on the black market.

10) The poor postman can hardly make ends meet.
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The poor postman can hardly make/makes ends meet.
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The verb after "can" should be the base form of the verb. Hence "make" is the correct verb.

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