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Grace0513 Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

What's the difference??

0Please explain why this becomes a global error. 02br
00"The house is on fire."02br
00"The fire is on the house."02br
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0"Global" error? " [BAD English: it reads as if the fire is somehow located ABOVE the building 0-

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0"Global" error? Strange term ...02br
00"The house is on fire." [fine02br
00"The fire is on the house." [BAD English: it reads as if the fire is somehow located ABOVE the building 0-
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0 could it be that the fire means something else? 0-
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0What sort of other meaning do you have in mind? I can't think of any.02br
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01b00Cambridge dictionary: on fire02b00 If something is on fire, it is burning when it should not be.02br
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00The building is on fire.02br
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00You can't change e-arrange the word order in the sentence to remove 'on fire' and retain t
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1b00Grace0513,02br
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00The house is on fire." -00means good sense!02br
00"The fire is on the house." - 01sup00Makes no sense.02br
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00Try considering this:02br
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00John is cooking a chicken over a camp fire. Good !02br
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00Patterning after you
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0Here's part of the article I've read. 02br
00Your teacher may have had a point in letting you off the hook each time you make errors. Basically, there are two types of errors, namely Global Errors and Local Errors. Linguistically defined, Global errors are those grave errors that impede communication because they are major faults in grammar structure, diction, and pronunciation
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