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Vincent Teo Posted 17 years ago
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Visited a stall
Can I say,
(a) Peter was a kind man. Last week. he visited a stall.
(b) Peter visited some handicrafts stalls. The stalls sold many things.
(c) The stalls sells many handicrafts and souvenirs.
(d) There were many stalls there. The handicrafts and souvenirs are beautiful but expensive.
(e) There were many stalls. Some sold handicrafts or souvenirs / Some of them sold handicrafts and souvenirs.
(f) John went into a handicrafts shop.
(g) John took his family to a vase stall.
(a) Peter was a kind man. Last week. he visited a stall.
(b) Peter visited some handicrafts stalls. The stalls sold many things.
(c) The stalls sells many handicrafts and souvenirs.
(d) There were many stalls there. The handicrafts and souvenirs are beautiful but expensive.
(e) There were many stalls. Some sold handicrafts or souvenirs / Some of them sold handicrafts and souvenirs.
(f) John went into a handicrafts shop.
(g) John took his family to a vase stall.
Top answer
(a) Peter was a kind man. Last week [delete period] he visited a stall. (b) Peter visited some handicraft stalls.
- (a) Peter was a kind man.
- Last week [delete period] he visited a stall.
- (b) Peter visited some handicraft stalls.
- The stalls sold many things.
- (c) The stalls sell many handicrafts and souvenirs.
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(a) Peter was a kind man. Last week [delete period] he visited a stall.
(b) Peter visited some handicraft stalls. The stalls sold many things.
(c) The stalls sell many handicrafts and souvenirs.
(d) There were many stalls there. The handicrafts and souvenirs were beautiful but expensive.
(e) There were many stalls. Some sold handicrafts
(b) Peter visited some handicraft stalls. The stalls sold many things.
(c) The stalls sell many handicrafts and souvenirs.
(d) There were many stalls there. The handicrafts and souvenirs were beautiful but expensive.
(e) There were many stalls. Some sold handicrafts
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Thanks. Can I say,
(a) They saw many different stalls.
(b) There are many souvenirs and handicrafts. They bought some of those.
(a) They saw many different stalls.
(b) There are many souvenirs and handicrafts. They bought some of those.
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(a) They saw many different stalls. -- OK
(b) There were many souvenirs and handicrafts. They bought some of these. -- Watch the agreement of tenses: "were ... bought". "those" is not grammatically incorrect, but "these" is more natural to me here.
(b) There were many souvenirs and handicrafts. They bought some of these. -- Watch the agreement of tenses: "were ... bought". "those" is not grammatically incorrect, but "these" is more natural to me here.
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