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jasonlulu_2000
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 Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 9:29 pm Post subject: a choice |
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How do you _________ without a washing machine? i can't bear to think about it.
A. manage B. go C. do |
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Bob S.
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| Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 11:31 am Post subject: Re: a choice |
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| jasonlulu_2000 wrote: |
How do you _________ without a washing machine? i can't bear to think about it.
A. manage B. go C. do |
A is best. |
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jasonlulu_2000
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| Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 6:59 pm Post subject: thanks |
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| thanks for your reply. Could I ask why B is wrong? |
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Bob S.
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| Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 10:09 am Post subject: |
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It's a matter of matching the verb to the related noun. The noun is a washing machine used for cleaning clothes. "B" go is for motion and grammatically does not match the process of cleaning laundry.
"C" do also does not match simply because it is incomplete. It sounds odd without the addition of "laundry" to make it a compound verb "do laundry". So "How do you do with a washing machine?" sounds odd. But "How do you do your laundry without a washing machine?" would work fine.
Only "manage" works because "your laundry" can be implied and left out. |
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