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Vincent Teo Posted 17 years ago
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Wash and dries them

Can I say,

(a) She washed them and dried them in the sun.

(b) She washed ans dried them in the sun.
  

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Vincent Teo Can I say, (a) She washed them and dried them in the sun. (b) She washed and dried them in the sun. Both are fine; (b) is probably more common, with perhaps "then" after 'and'.

  • Vincent Teo Can I say, (a) She washed them and dried them in the sun.
  • (b) She washed and dried them in the sun.
  • Both are fine; (b) is probably more common, with perhaps "then" after 'and'.
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Vincent TeoCan I say,

(a) She washed them and dried them in the sun.

(b) She washed and dried them in the sun.

Both are fine; (b) is probably more common, with perhaps "then" after 'and'. [Some would argue that it sounds like she wased them in the sun before drying them in the sun.]

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