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Vincent Teo Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

with a washing machine

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0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00Can I say, 02font 01font 00She washes the clothes with a washing machine. 02font 02br 02br 00Yes, but it's not very natural. If you are describing her habit/routine, it's better to say something like 'She uses a washing machine for her laundry'.

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  • 0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00Can I say, 02font 01font 00She washes the clothes with a washing machine.
  • 02font 02br 02br 00Yes, but it's not very natural.
  • If you are describing her habit/routine, it's better to say something like 'She uses a washing machine for her laundry'.
  • 02br 02br 00Note also that it's not natural to repeat words in a sentence, eg01i 00 '.
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0Hi,02br
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Isn't incorrect to say, with a washing machine ?

P/s: With is incorrect preposition?

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How about this?

She washed the shirts with a machine.
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Not with a machine. A washing machine.

She washes the clothes in the washing machine.
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I think :

She washes the clothes with the washing machine. (wrong)

How can we wash clothes using the washing machines ? right?
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how about this one:
She washes the clothes by (meanings of) washing mashine.
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She washes the clothes in a washing machine.
She washes the clothes with a washing machine.

Not by means of.
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She washes the clothes with a washing machine.

For me, "in", it's a preposition which means we wash clothes by putting them in a washing machine and clean it.

Like,eg: He hit the dog with a stick. (He took the stick to hit).

But, how do we wash with the washing machine? Do we took the washing machine to wash clothes? Do you all get what I mean h
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Unless one still lives in the dark ages, everyone in the 21st century who has a flushing toilet knows when we have a load of laundry to do, we put it in a (washing) machine, and not a dish washing machine. So a machine when referred to clothes, it is understood what kind of machine it is.

BTW, you don't need to say 'the clothes'.

She usually washes her clothes in a machine, unl
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