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Vincent Teo Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Take away three

Can I say,

(a) Take away three from twenty-eight. (Is this a complete sentence?)

(b) Take away three from twenty-eight is / equalls twenty-five.
  

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Vincent Teo (a) Take away three from twenty-eight. ) Yes. It's imperative.

  • Vincent Teo (a) Take away three from twenty-eight.
  • ) Yes.
  • It's imperative.
  • Vincent Teo Taking away three from twenty-eight is / equals / gives twenty-five.
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Vincent Teo(a) Take away three from twenty-eight. (Is this a complete sentence?)
Yes. It's imperative.
Vincent TeoTaking away three from twenty-eight is / equals/ gives twenty-five.
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If you want to write it like we say it in math class:

Twenty-eight minus three is twenty-five.

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