dragn
Joined: 17 Feb 2009
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 Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2009 1:44 am Post subject: |
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| If children are old enough to use the Internet and they are doing a lot..... |
If the student means the children are doing a lot of web surfing, then the student is wrong and you're right. Note there are two common ways to write this:
1. If children are old enough to use the Internet and they are doing it a lot . . .
2. If children are old enough to use the Internet and they are doing a lot of it . . .
The only way your student's sentence can possibly be right is if the children are doing a lot of some other activity that is understood. For example:
Students often have a great deal of homework to do. If children are old enough to use the Internet and they are doing a lot, then hopefully they won't have time to waste playing online games.
That is, doing a lot of homework. Granted, that's a bit awkward; I would never say it this way. However, it's the only possible way to create a case for your student's sentence being grammatically correct...and even this is questionable.
Hope this helps.
Greg |
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