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Tung Quoc Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

sugar

0I see this sentence in my book:02br
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0Hi Quoc,02br 02br 01font 00The sugar was the color of earth. (1)02font 02br 02br 01font 00Do you know what the author means? Please explain me.

— Clive

  • 0Hi Quoc,02br 02br 01font 00The sugar was the color of earth.
  • (1)02font 02br 02br 01font 00Do you know what the author means?
  • Please explain me.
  • 02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive0-
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0Hi Quoc,02br
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0Hi,02br
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00I understand now that the sentence means sugar was dark brown, according to your understanding.02br
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00PS: If what I write is wrong, please fix it.0-
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0 Do you know what 'brown sugar' is, Quoc?02br
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0Hi Clive,02br
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00Can we say "01u00Sugar02u00 was the color of earth" if that is a generic (general) statement?02br
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00The person possibly put the article 'the' because of the reason of specificity which might be come about by a several sources, like 1) a prior precedence and 2) a specific mention, isn't it?02br
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0Hi,02br
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01font00Can we say "01u00Sugar02u00 was the color of earth" if that is a generic (general) statement?02font00 No. If you want to make general statements about sugar, use present tense, eg 01font00Sugar 01b01i00is02i02b00 sweet.02
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