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Twilit02 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Would you be kind enough to correct these sentences?
My dear and respected teachers, 
Would you be kind enough to correct these sentences?
1: "The appearance of the seller and witnesses are verified...." Correct?
2: What's the difference between "He goes to school" AND "He goes to the school".
3: Why 'to' can't be used before 'home'?like "I went home."
4: "He held me up to ridicule." means he made fun of me in public, right?
Would you be kind enough to correct these sentences?
1: "The appearance of the seller and witnesses are verified...." Correct?
2: What's the difference between "He goes to school" AND "He goes to the school".
3: Why 'to' can't be used before 'home'?like "I went home."
4: "He held me up to ridicule." means he made fun of me in public, right?
Top answer
" Correct? >> If the subject is appearance then the verb must be singular ( is ). ".
- " Correct?
- >> If the subject is appearance then the verb must be singular ( is ).
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- There is not enough context to determine which one is intended - there are different meanings of "appearance".
- 2: What's the difference between "He goes to school" AND "He goes to the school".
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twilit021: "The appearance of the seller and witnesses are verified.." Correct? >> If the subject is appearance then the verb must be singular (is). But if there is more than one appearance, then it should be "the appearances of the seller and witnesses are verified.". There is not enough context to determine which one is intended - there
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