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Masa
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| Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 5:47 pm
Post subject: Twe flowers are on the desk. |
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I've learned that "Two flowers are on the desk" is a wrong sentence, so it should be
"There are two flowers on the desk."
Did I get a wrong teaching in school?
I'm quite confused now. |
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Don Phillipson
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| Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 6:26 pm
Post subject: Re: Twe flowers are on the desk. |
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"Masa" <autosu@infoseek.jp> wrote in message
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| Quote: | I've learned that "Two flowers are on the desk" is a wrong sentence, so it
should be
"There are two flowers on the desk."
Did I get a wrong teaching in school?
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Yes you were misinformed. Neither is a wrong
sentence. Both are grammatically correct. They
differ in narrative function, however, which is usually explicit
in the context -- but we have no context here, thus
can say no more.
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Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada) |
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CyberCypher
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| Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 6:54 pm
Post subject: Re: Twe flowers are on the desk. |
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Masa wrote on 17 Jan 2005:
| Quote: | I've learned that "Two flowers are on the desk" is a wrong
sentence, so it should be "There are two flowers on the desk."
Did I get a wrong teaching in school?
I'm quite confused now.
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They're both good sentences, grammatically correct and idiomatic. They
are used in different contexts, though. Who told you that "Two flowers
are on the desk" is wrong?
--
Franke: EFL teacher & medical editor
For email, replace numbers with English alphabet. |
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