Syntax
Hello everyone,
Are the sentences below natural?
1.The meat thawed.
2. The meat thawed and ready to cook.
3. The meat had thawed and ready to cook.
Regards,
JA
Top answer
The meat thawed. OK The next 2 are wrong. I've made edits.
- The meat thawed.
- OK The next 2 are wrong.
- I've made edits.
- 2.
- The meat thawed and became ready to cook.
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1.The meat thawed. OK
The next 2 are wrong. I've made edits.
2. The meat thawed and became ready to cook.
3. The meat had thawed and was ready to cook.
0Joseph A2. The meat has thawed and is ready to cook.
The present condition.
Joseph A3. The meat had thawed and was ready to cook.
It happened in the past.
0Joseph AThe meat thawed and ready to cook.
Adjectives (ready) are not sufficient in themselves to stand in place of a verb.
The carpenter works hard and honest. - No.
The vase fell and broken. - No.
The bus left and slow. - No.
However, if you treat 'thawed' as one of two adjectives (thawed and ready
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