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Vincent Teo Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Wants to save
Can I say,
(a) His ambition is to be a doctor. He wants to save many people's life.
(b) His ambition is to be a doctor. He wants to save all the patients when he grows up.
(a) His ambition is to be a doctor. He wants to save many people's life.
(b) His ambition is to be a doctor. He wants to save all the patients when he grows up.
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(a) His ambition is to be a doctor. He wants to save many people's lives . (b) His ambition is to be a doctor.
- (a) His ambition is to be a doctor.
- He wants to save many people's lives .
- (b) His ambition is to be a doctor.
- He wants to save all his patients when he grows up.
- -- "the" is not grammatically wrong, but sounds vague and slightly odd.
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(a) His ambition is to be a doctor. He wants to save many people's lives.
(b) His ambition is to be a doctor. He wants to save all his patients when he grows up. -- "the" is not grammatically wrong, but sounds vague and slightly odd.
(b) His ambition is to be a doctor. He wants to save all his patients when he grows up. -- "the" is not grammatically wrong, but sounds vague and slightly odd.
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