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Vincent Teo Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

using a vacuum cleaner

0Can I say,02br
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00(a) The maid is using the vacuum cleaner. 02br
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00 The maid is using the vacuum cleaner to clean the floor / to clean the house.02br
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00(b) The maid is vacuuming the floor by using a vacuum cleaner / by a vacuum cleaner.02br
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00(c) She is cleaning the floor with a vacuum cleaner / by using a vacuum cleaner. 0-
  

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0Specifying what she is doing with the vacuum is pretty silly, since we all know what a vacuum is for. 0-

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0Specifying what she is doing with the vacuum is pretty silly, since we all know what a vacuum is for. Now, unless she is doing something slightly out of the ordinary with it, like vacuuming the table, we probably don't need to know about it.0-
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0Hi,02br
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01font00Can I say,02font02br
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01font00(a) The maid is using the vacuum cleaner. 02font00OK02br
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01font00 The maid is using the vacuum cleaner to clean the floor00 OK, but it states the obvious00. You do
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0So, that means we can't to say what they are doing? All my sentences are wrong? 0-
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0Can I say,02br
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00(a) She was cleaning the room using a vacuum cleaner just now. 0-
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0 Is that correct? 02br
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00(a) She was cleaning the room using a vacuum cleaner just now. 02br
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0>(a) She was cleaning the room using a vacuum cleaner just now.02br
00More probably:02br
01i01b00Just now02b00, she01b00 is02b00 cleaning the room using a vacuum cleaner. 02i0-
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