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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

what's wrong in this question,please explain it?

the teacher thought the children would be happy for clearing away their toys
  

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There is no capital letter at the beginning and no punctuation at the end. "Happy for" is not used that way. "

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  • There is no capital letter at the beginning and no punctuation at the end.
  • "Happy for" is not used that way.
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There is no capital letter at the beginning and no punctuation at the end.

"Happy for" is not used that way. I guess you meant, "The teacher thought the children would be glad to pick up their toys."
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It's a bit unclear what the sentence means. What are you trying to say?
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It needs a a capital letter.
It needs punctuation.

Delete the word 'for'.
Or you could say
. . . quite happy to clear away their . . .

Clive
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The teacher thought the children would be happy if they cleared away their toys.
The teacher thought that clearing away their toys would make the children happy.
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I think this teacher doesn't understand children very well...
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