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Vincent Teo Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

tidy and clean

Can I say,
(a)Every evening, she helps her mother to sweep the floor, mop the window and tidy the room.
(b) She helps her mother to make it tidy and clean.
(c)She helps to wash and hang the clothes for keeping the clothes dry.
(d)She hangs the clothes to stay dry / to let it dry./ to dry.
(e)While her mother is busy, she helps her to let the clothes dry.
(f)She likes to tidy her room and others room.
(g) After she sweeps the floor, she also helps to clean and tidy the house.
  

Top answer

-- OK (b) She helps her mother make it tidy and clean. -- OK (c)She helps wash and hang up/out the clothes to dry them. (d)She hangs up/out the clothes to dry them.

— Mister Micawber

  • -- OK (b) She helps her mother make it tidy and clean.
  • -- OK (c)She helps wash and hang up/out the clothes to dry them.
  • (d)She hangs up/out the clothes to dry them.
  • (e)While her mother is busy, she helps her hang the clothes up/out to dry.
  • (f)She likes to tidy her room and others.
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(a)Every evening, she helps her mother sweep the floor, mop the window and tidy the room.-- OK
(b) She helps her mother make it tidy and clean. -- OK
(c)She helps wash and hang up/out the clothes to dry them.
(d)She hangs up/out the clothes to dry them.
(e)While her mother is busy, she helps her hang the clothes up/out to dry.
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Mister Micawber
(f)She likes to tidy her room and others.

I would like to confirm whether the above sentence is correct?
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Are mop and squeegee synonym in meaning?
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(f)She likes to tidy her room and others.
Not my favorite composition, Yoong Liat, but there is nothing grammatically wrong with it.
Are mop and squeegee synonym in meaning?
In my experience, squeegees are a subspecies of mop-- a squeegee is a sponge on a stick with a mechanical squeezing mechanism, and could be called a mop (anything abs
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Mister Micawber
(f)She likes to tidy her room and others.
Not my favorite composition, Yoong Liat, but there is nothing grammatically wrong with it.
Many thanks for your confiirmation that the sentence is correct.
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