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Teo Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

trouble

0I had ___ trouble keeping my brother quiet in the movie. He wouldn't stop talking. (A) a (B) any (C) a few (D) some02br
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00The given answer is A, but I think the correct choice should be D. Which do you think is the correct choice, A or D?0-
  

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0A is absolutely incorrect. D is the answer. )0-

— BarbaraPA

  • 0A is absolutely incorrect.
  • D is the answer.
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0A is absolutely incorrect. D is the answer. 02br
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00(If A were "a little" instead of just "a," I would prefer it to (D) as more natural.)0-
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0 How could "A" be even remotely close to the right answer? 0-
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0Hi,02br
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00Can you or anyone tell me why 'a trouble' would be incorrect for the sentence which was in? I googled and came out with 'had a trouble keeping' for 180 hits and 'had trouble keeping' for 189,000 hits, I think.02br
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00Why is it wrong? Maybe the answer can be one of these two?02br
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001) Because 'had a trouble' isn'
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01cite10Believer12cite10Hi,12br
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10Would you say the following partial sentence, which I believe I got when I googled, isn't correct?12br
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11i10The next day we had 11u10a trouble12u10 waking up. 12i12br
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