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jasonlulu_2000
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 Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 9:10 pm Post subject: a choice |
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I had my shoes repaired at _____.
A. the shoe repairer's
B. the shop of the shoe repairer.
I think both of them are right. AM i right?
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Bob S.
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| Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 11:13 am Post subject: Re: a choice |
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| jasonlulu_2000 wrote: |
I had my shoes repaired at _____.
A. the shoe repairer's
B. the shop of the shoe repairer.
I think both of them are right. AM i right? |
Sort of.
B is grammatically correct. A is fine in colloquial English (you have an adjective but no noun for it to modify, but it is understood colloquially).
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Lorikeet
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| Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2008 12:22 pm Post subject: |
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| I would have said, "the shoe repair shop". |
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