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u911859
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 Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 6:00 am Post subject: turn from...into |
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Dear teacher,
Suppose the light in the room was on two hours ago, and it is off now.
Can I say "The light in the room turns from on into off"?
Is "The light in the room turns from on into off" a grammatical sentence? |
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Lorikeet
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| Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 11:49 pm Post subject: Re: turn from...into |
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| u911859 wrote: |
Dear teacher,
Suppose the light in the room was on two hours ago, and it is off now.
Can I say "The light in the room turns from on into off"?
Is "The light in the room turns from on into off" a grammatical sentence? |
I don't think you'd ever hear that sentence. Perhaps "The light in the room was turned off." would be more likely. |
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u911859
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| Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2012 5:55 am Post subject: |
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Thank you for your replay.
I am learning English.
I still have a question.
How about "Mary turns from fat into thin" and "Mary turns from being fat into being thin"?
Are they grammatical sentences? |
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Lorikeet
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| Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2012 11:23 pm Post subject: |
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| u911859 wrote: |
Thank you for your replay.
I am learning English.
I still have a question.
How about "Mary turns from fat into thin" and "Mary turns from being fat into being thin"?
Are they grammatical sentences? |
We wouldn't use that construction, either, sorry.
It would be much more common to say, "Mary is getting fat." or "Mary is getting thin." |
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