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Wonder123 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Tangle
Can I write the sentence as below using the word tangle?
The boy is not happy at the moment as all his toys are tangled up.
Help him to tangle all these items
We need to untangle all these items in order to make them work.
Thx
The boy is not happy at the moment as all his toys are tangled up.
Help him to tangle all these items
We need to untangle all these items in order to make them work.
Thx
Top answer
"tangle" (when used of physical objects) normally means something twisted or wrapped around itself or something else. Typical things that would be "tangled" are string, hair, electrical wiring, etc. It is not so likely that toys would be "tangled".
- "tangle" (when used of physical objects) normally means something twisted or wrapped around itself or something else.
- Typical things that would be "tangled" are string, hair, electrical wiring, etc.
- It is not so likely that toys would be "tangled".
- A "tangle" is usually an undesirable state, so you wouldn't normally ask someone to help achieve it.
- However this could be done to deliberately cause disruption, for example.
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"tangle" (when used of physical objects) normally means something twisted or wrapped around itself or something else. Typical things that would be "tangled" are string, hair, electrical wiring, etc. It is not so likely that toys would be "tangled".
A "tangle" is usually an undesirable state, so you wouldn't normally ask someone to help achieve it. However this could be done to deliberatel
A "tangle" is usually an undesirable state, so you wouldn't normally ask someone to help achieve it. However this could be done to deliberatel
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Maybe it was a Slinky Dog, a jump rope, a Rapunzel doll, and another Slinky Dog.
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Rope is fine. A balloon itself could not get tangled, but the string attached to it could.
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Ok I go with rope, so do all the sentences are ok grammatically? considering rope as the object in place of toy.
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The original sentences are all OK grammatically. You missed one full stop. (Looking again, I wonder if you really meant to say "Help him to untangle all these items.")
You could say "The boy is not happy at the moment as his rope is tangled up", but as an isolated example sentence it might be better to describe something that has more of a self-contained reason for being so. As eno
You could say "The boy is not happy at the moment as his rope is tangled up", but as an isolated example sentence it might be better to describe something that has more of a self-contained reason for being so. As eno
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