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Bassa Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Which sentence is correct?

1)I have a big, beautiful dog.

2)I have a dog big, beautiful.

3)I have dog big, beautiful.

4)Your beautiful shirt is long.

5)Your shirt beautiful is long.

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Top answer

1 and 4 are correct. CJ

  • 1 and 4 are correct.
  • CJ
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1 and 4 are correct.

CJ
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Thanks Emotion: smile

So, we put the adjective before the thing that we are describing, right?
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Are these correct?

1)He ate my beautiful apple.

2)He ate my apple beautiful.

3)She likes my big jacket.

4)She likes my jacket big.

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Yes, we put the adjective before the thing that we are describing. So you tell me, which of these are correct?

1)He ate my beautiful apple.

2)He ate my apple beautiful.

3)She likes my big jacket.

4)She likes my jacket big.

CJ
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So, when we say "I like my hair long." it is incorrect, right?
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bassa1 and 3, right?
Right. Good work.

CJ
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bassaSo, when we say "I like my hair long." it is incorrect, right?
It depends what you mean.

If your hair is long, and you like it, then you like your long hair.

If you like your hair when it is long, and you like to keep it that way, then you like your hair long.

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I like my hair long
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bassa, see if you can explain the two completely different meanings in:

She wears her clothes large.

She wears her large clothes.

Refer to Jim's example about the hair.

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