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Vincent Teo Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
walked towards / walked to
Can I say,
(a) When Ali walked towards to / walked to the shelf, he saw a suspicious boy.
(b) When Ali walked towards the end corner of the library, he saw a boy looked
suspicius.
(c) When Ali walked to the second shelf, he saw a boy trying to hide a book into his shirt
nervously.
(d) The boy saw Ali and felt very nervous and scared.
(e) The boy seemed / looked very nervous and scared.
(a) When Ali walked towards to / walked to the shelf, he saw a suspicious boy.
(b) When Ali walked towards the end corner of the library, he saw a boy looked
suspicius.
(c) When Ali walked to the second shelf, he saw a boy trying to hide a book into his shirt
nervously.
(d) The boy saw Ali and felt very nervous and scared.
(e) The boy seemed / looked very nervous and scared.
Top answer
(a) When Ali walked towards to / walked to the shelf, he saw a suspicious boy. This isn't clear. It may mean that Ali was suspicious of the boy, or that the boy look with suspicion to Ali.
- (a) When Ali walked towards to / walked to the shelf, he saw a suspicious boy.
- This isn't clear.
- It may mean that Ali was suspicious of the boy, or that the boy look with suspicion to Ali.
- (b) When Ali walked towards the end corner of the library, he saw a boy who/that looked suspicius.
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(a) When Ali walked towards to / walked to the shelf, he saw a suspicious boy. This isn't clear. It may mean that Ali was suspicious of the boy, or that the boy look with suspicion to Ali.
(b) When Ali walked towards the end corner of the library, he saw a boy who/that looked suspicius.
(b) When Ali walked towards the end corner of the library, he saw a boy who/that looked suspicius.
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Thanks. How about other sentences? Walked towards to / walked towards / walked to...?
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Thanks anyway. I hope can get someone to help me to solve the problems.
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Another questions:
(i) When John walked past to the next shelf in the library, he saw a boy in the shelf.
(ii) In the library, when John walked past the bookshelf, he saw a nervous boy putting a book
in his shirt.
(iii) The hardworking bookwarm, Ah Ming, likes reading in the library during recess time.
(i) When John walked past to the next shelf in the library, he saw a boy in the shelf.
(ii) In the library, when John walked past the bookshelf, he saw a nervous boy putting a book
in his shirt.
(iii) The hardworking bookwarm, Ah Ming, likes reading in the library during recess time.
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>Another questions:
This is wrong, and you should know it by now, after so many posts.
Use
Another question
or
Other questions
This is wrong, and you should know it by now, after so many posts.
Use
Another question
or
Other questions
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>The hardworking bookwarm
You probably mean bookworm.
This is again moralistic. This may work in Chinese, don't know, but not in English, where people tend to moralize less these days. People would laugh at your for such sentences. But you're free to write them.
You probably mean bookworm.
This is again moralistic. This may work in Chinese, don't know, but not in English, where people tend to moralize less these days. People would laugh at your for such sentences. But you're free to write them.
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Vincent TeoThanks !! "Another question" instead of "another questions".Well, you posted 3 (three), not one, question. This requires:
Other questions:
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Vincent TeoCan I say,
(a) When Ali walked towardsto/ walked to the shelf, he saw a suspicious boy.
(b) When Ali walked towards theendfar corner of the library, he saw a boy who looked
suspicious.
(c)
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