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Css
Joined: 27 Sep 2004
Location: South of the river
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 Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 6:44 am Post subject: Eng question |
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Ok, why is sentence 2 incorrect?
1.He doesn't like to see people get rid of the things they can still use.
2.He doesn't like to see people get rid of the things they still can
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wesharris
Joined: 10 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 7:00 am Post subject: |
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| It isn't incorrect. The english does sound wrong though. |
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Brady
Joined: 25 Jul 2006
Location: Bucheon
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| Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 7:06 am Post subject: |
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| It's not. Grammar = usage + time. In Elizabethan/King James England you could get away with "they can use still." |
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The Cosmic Hum
Joined: 09 May 2003
Location: Sonic Space
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| Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 7:33 am Post subject: Re: Eng question |
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| Css wrote: |
Ok, why is sentence 2 incorrect?
1.He doesn't like to see people get rid of the things they can still use.
2.He doesn't like to see people get rid of the things they still can
use. |
2 - could also be a regional thing...but descriptively that formation is often used in negation - I still can't decide if I like 2000 10 or 20 10 better.
The first sentence if far more common, while the second more common in negation, which may be why it sounds odd to some when reading it. |
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