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Guest Posted 23 years ago
Grammar
Well formed sentences (Guest:Iman)
I have two questions:
1)
The horse raced past the barn fell. Why is this sentence not to be well-formed or why it is wrong?
2)
(i) It is likely that John is here. It is probable that John is here
(ii) John is likely to be here. John is probable to be here.
Between both of the groups (i & ii), Which sentence is more acceptable? Why?
1)
The horse raced past the barn fell. Why is this sentence not to be well-formed or why it is wrong?
2)
(i) It is likely that John is here. It is probable that John is here
(ii) John is likely to be here. John is probable to be here.
Between both of the groups (i & ii), Which sentence is more acceptable? Why?
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" 2) (i) Both are correct. (ii) John is likely to be here (fine), John is probable to be here (wrong) - Should be "John is probably here"
- " 2) (i) Both are correct.
- (ii) John is likely to be here (fine), John is probable to be here (wrong) - Should be "John is probably here"
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I'm not a teacher, just an English speaker but I can answer in part:
1) it should be either:
"The horse that raced past the barn fell"
or
"The horse raced past the barn, and fell."
2) (i) Both are correct. (ii) John is likely to be here (fine), John is probable to be here (wrong) - Should be "John is probably here"
1) it should be either:
"The horse that raced past the barn fell"
or
"The horse raced past the barn, and fell."
2) (i) Both are correct. (ii) John is likely to be here (fine), John is probable to be here (wrong) - Should be "John is probably here"
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"The horse raced past the barn, and fell."
Just to comment, the comma isn't really necessary after barn because "and fell" is not an independed clause. Thus, you can use:
The horse raced past the barn, and it fell.
- OR (simpler) -
The horse raced the past the barn and fell.
Just to comment, the comma isn't really necessary after barn because "and fell" is not an independed clause. Thus, you can use:
The horse raced past the barn, and it fell.
- OR (simpler) -
The horse raced the past the barn and fell.
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A fell is another word for a hill
Therefore "The horse ran past the barn fell" simply means that the horse ran past a hill called 'barn fell' (if you ignore the fact that the nale of hill is a proper noun and should be capitalised
Therefore "The horse ran past the barn fell" simply means that the horse ran past a hill called 'barn fell' (if you ignore the fact that the nale of hill is a proper noun and should be capitalised
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