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dido4



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PostPosted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 12:55 am    Post subject: the Reply with quote

Q1:Is the question sentence with the right?

A:Which is the most famous, the monkey, the mouse, or the dog?
B:The monkey is the most famous.

Q2:Are the sentences right?
Tom Cruise is the most famous actor of the year.
Tom Cruise is the year's most famous actor.

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Anuradha Chepur



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PostPosted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 2:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Q1:Is the question sentence with the right?
Yes, but put a colon instead of a comma.

Which is the most famous:the monkey, the mouse, or the dog?

Q2:Are the sentences right?
Tom Cruise is the most famous actor of the year.
Tom Cruise is the year's most famous actor.

Yes.
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Eric Thompson



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PostPosted: Tue Nov 28, 2006 5:47 am    Post subject: The Reply with quote

You could also say "Which are the most famous: monkeys, mice, or dogs?
"Monkeys are the most famous."
But, in general, we don't rate animals for their fame. We generally rate animals in other ways: intelligence, size, speed, gregariousness, for example.
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