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Pretty3
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Can you help ?
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Hi,
I �ve found this senence in the student �s book:
The rhinoceros has two horns: one short one behind one long one.
I don �t understand it . I think there is a mistake !!
What do you think ??
Regards,
Pretty |
23 Oct 2011
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maryse pey�
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there is no mistake.
You have to read :
one short one (= horn) behind ...
... one long one (= horn)
In other words "The rhinoceros has 2 horns. The shorter one is behind the longer one. |
23 Oct 2011
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Minka
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I think it should be "a short one behind a long one". |
23 Oct 2011
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moravc
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laugh my head off!
It �s great!
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24 Oct 2011
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MoodyMoody
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Maryse is right; the sentence is grammatically correct as it stands. But Minka makes a great point: the sentence would be much less confusing as she rewrote it. |
24 Oct 2011
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Pretty3
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Thanks a lot for helping.
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24 Oct 2011
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Mapleleaf !