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MUSCOVITE Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
To eat a plate of soup
Hi,
(1) The following is taken from "English Grammar in use" by Murphy"
"The kettle is boiling. Can you turn it off please?"
I guess the pronoun it stands for kettle in the question above? On the other hand, the speaker obviously wants somebody else to switch off the specific burner the kettle stands on?
How common "illogical" constructs like this are in English?
Could you please give me more examples of this kind?
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Which of the following are correct grammar?
(1) The following is taken from "English Grammar in use" by Murphy"
"The kettle is boiling. Can you turn it off please?"
I guess the pronoun it stands for kettle in the question above? On the other hand, the speaker obviously wants somebody else to switch off the specific burner the kettle stands on?
How common "illogical" constructs like this are in English?
Could you please give me more examples of this kind?
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Which of the following are correct grammar?
- to eat (up) a plate of soup
- ... a plateful of soup
- ... a bowl of soup
- .... a bowlful of soup
Top answer
(1) The following is taken from "English Grammar in use" by Murphy" " The kettle is boiling. " I guess the pronoun it stands for kettle in the question above? On the other hand, the speaker obviously wants somebody else to switch off the specific burner the kettle stands on?
- (1) The following is taken from "English Grammar in use" by Murphy" " The kettle is boiling.
- " I guess the pronoun it stands for kettle in the question above?
- On the other hand, the speaker obviously wants somebody else to switch off the specific burner the kettle stands on?
- ( or to turn off the electricity that makes the kettle boil the water ) How common "illogical" constructs like this are in English?
- I've never given it much thought, but I would bet that there are several.
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(1) The following is taken from "English Grammar in use" by Murphy"
"The kettle is boiling. Can you turn it off please?"
I guess the pronoun it stands for kettle in the question above? On the other hand, the speaker obviousl
"The kettle is boiling. Can you turn it off please?"
I guess the pronoun it stands for kettle in the question above? On the other hand, the speaker obviousl
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Please ask unrelated questions in separate threads. You'll get quicker answers that way.
(2) Soup is served in bowls or cups, not on plates.
We talk about drinking soup rather than eating it, even if it's the kind of soup with solid food in it that needs chewing.
You can drink a bowl or a bowlful/a cup or a cupful of soup.
Rover
(2) Soup is served in bowls or cups, not on plates.
We talk about drinking soup rather than eating it, even if it's the kind of soup with solid food in it that needs chewing.
You can drink a bowl or a bowlful/a cup or a cupful of soup.
Rover
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