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Belly Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Some questions

01) The houses built of brick last longer than01i00___02i00 built of wood02br
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00a) one02br
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00b)that02br
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00ones02br
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00d) those02br
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002)I thought it was01i00_________02i00-02br
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00a)him02br
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00b)himself02br
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00c)his02br
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00d)he02br
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003) Most of the housework was done by two member of the family, my brother and01i00_____02i02br
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00a) me02br
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00b)I02br
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00c)myself02br
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00The three above I've already got the answer, but still confused, could anybody help me and explain it?0-
  

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0If you could tell us which ones you chose, we can explain why they were wrong 050010id1

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  • 0If you could tell us which ones you chose, we can explain why they were wrong 050010id1
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0If you could tell us which ones you chose, we can explain why they were wrong 050010id1
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01) The 01b01span00houses02span02b00 built of brick last longer than01i00___02i00 built of wood02br
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00 Houses is plural. You are talking about the houses. One is not plural neither is that. One and ones would usually be used on something alive, where you would use that and tho
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0Don't fall into the trap of assuming that every thing that comes linked by a form of the verb "to be" requires the nominative. These questions are terrible.02br
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002) This could be 01i00his 02i00as well. 01i00I thought Jim was at John's house last night because I saw a car outside the house and I thought it was 01u00his02u
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0Lufia, you got the right answers. But I still have some ifs and buts:02br
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001) "One and ones would usually be used on something alive, where you would use that and those on non-living things."-cite from your01b00s02b02br
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00But what about this sentence:02br
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00A:-My watch is out of order02br
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