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Guest Posted 23 years ago
Grammar
What's wrong with this? Tell me where the mistake is....
"Is John ill? He's lost a lot of weight."
"Yes, he's rather slender these days, isn't he?"
I can't see what is wrong with the 2 sentences above so I would be most grateful if someone could help me with the grammar.
Many thanks in advance
"Yes, he's rather slender these days, isn't he?"
I can't see what is wrong with the 2 sentences above so I would be most grateful if someone could help me with the grammar.
Many thanks in advance
Top answer
It seems Ok to me too.
- It seems Ok to me too.
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It seems Ok to me too.0
It's unremarkable for dialogue, but if you have an exercise that says there's something wrong with it, then my guess would be that there's an objection to the use of "he's" to mean both "he has" and "he is" in subsequent sentences.
In formal writing you'd be advised to give the full (unabbreviated) form. It could be argued that having interpreted the first as "he has" (based on the res
In formal writing you'd be advised to give the full (unabbreviated) form. It could be argued that having interpreted the first as "he has" (based on the res
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