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Teo Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

the position of also, have

01. I have a watch, and my brother has also one. (quoted from01i00 Ho's Complete English Grammar02i00)02br
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002. I have a watch, and my brother also has one. (my version)02br
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0 I'd say 01i 00Ho's02i 00should hire you. 050010id1

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0 I'd say 01i00Ho's02i00should hire you. 050010id1
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0 I don't like 1 either. Another alternative would be, IMO:02br
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01i00I have a watch, and my brother has one also. 02br
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02i00But 2 is the best. 01i02br
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00this shows you how much we should trust our grammar books. The problem is we learner usually rely too much on our grammar books, because we don't have anything or anyone else we can rely on.02br
00By the way, Ho's Grammar? I hope Ho is not a woman, that would be funny, LOL 050010id4
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0Ho is a Chinese surname. The author is Mr. Ho.0-
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0 We shouldn't condemn grammmar and English usage books, but we should choose wisely. Buy those written by native speakers and you shouldn't encounter such problems.0-
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01cite10Yoong Liat12cite10We shouldn't condemn grammmar and English usage books, but we should choose wisely. Buy those written by native speakers and you shouldn't encounter such problems.12br
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10Umm, I'm sorry, but I still think we have to be careful when reading grammar books. Michael Swan is a
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11cite20Yoong Liat22cite22blockquote
20Umm, I'm sorry, but I still think we have to be careful when reading grammar books. Michael Swan is a native speaker (I think), yet you'll find some confusing and misleading stuff in his grammar book (at least
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01cite10Yoong Liat12cite11b10If you don't believe me, read a few English usage books and discover this for yourself. 12b10I believe it's not 11font10easily12font10 to read such books. Many people prefer to read novels.12br
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01cite10Teo12cite11blockquote
11cite20Yoong Liat22cite21b20If you don't believe me, read a few English usage books and discover this for yourself. 22b20I believe it's not 21font20easily22font20 to read such books. Many people prefer to
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