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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

which ones are ungrammatical?

Hi there,

Imagine Person A is showing Person B around his/her library.... Imagine the following monologue:

V.#1 Per.A: Can you see these books? These are my books. V.#2 Per.A: Can you see these books? It is my books.
V.#3 Per.A: Can you see these books? They are my books. V.#4 Per.A: Can you see these books? They are mine.
V.#5 Per.A: Can you see these books? These books are mine.

Which versions (#1 thru #5) are ungrammatical (or sound weird to you)?
  

Top answer

#2 sounds odd. The rest are fine.

— Blue Jay

  • #2 sounds odd.
  • The rest are fine.
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#2 sounds odd. The rest are fine.
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Anonymoussound weird to you
Given the situation, they all sound weird to me. Unless Person B is blind or severely visually impaired, "Can you see?" is not a good start. These sound more idiomatic to my ear, supposing a surprisingly large number of books:

Entering the library:

Wait till you see the books I've got!
You won't bel
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CalifJimUnless Person B is blind or severely visually impaired,
in fact, person B is neither blind nor visually impaired
person B is a 5 or 6 years old kid whose vocabulary is very very rudimentary
Your example monologue (with the words such as amaze, stack) might be too difficult for such a child (nursery school)?
Having said that could you sugg
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AnonymousHaving said that could you suggest a simplified version of Per.A's monologue (bearing in mind Per.B's age)?
CJ has already suggested these:

These are my books.
All of these are mine.

Books, books, books! And they're all mine.
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