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7 nov 2021
- Coreano
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Inglês (EUA)
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Alemão
Pergunta sobre Inglês (EUA)
Hi, can I ask you if the following sentences sound natural? 😊
(1)
A: How can we get to the post office?
B: First you should walk to the house with a red roof and then turn left.
(2)
A: How can we get to the post office?
B: First you should walk till the house with a red roof and then turn left.
Hi, can I ask you if the following sentences sound natural? 😊
(1)
A: How can we get to the post office?
B: First you should walk to the house with a red roof and then turn left.
(2)
A: How can we get to the post office?
B: First you should walk till the house with a red roof and then turn left.
(1)
A: How can we get to the post office?
B: First you should walk to the house with a red roof and then turn left.
(2)
A: How can we get to the post office?
B: First you should walk till the house with a red roof and then turn left.
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- Inglês (EUA)
First one is better, but I'd phrase it a bit differently. Should is unnecessary here, so it would sound more like, "First walk to the house with the red roof, then turn left."
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- Inglês (EUA)
First one is better, but I'd phrase it a bit differently. Should is unnecessary here, so it would sound more like, "First walk to the house with the red roof, then turn left."
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- Coreano
@deadwate Oh, I see! Thank you for the examplar sentence, too! 🙂
I wrote the house with a red roof’, but you corrected it to ‘the house with the red roof’! Can you elaborate on it a little please ?
I wrote the house with a red roof’, but you corrected it to ‘the house with the red roof’! Can you elaborate on it a little please ?
- Inglês (EUA)
The difference between "the" and "a" in this scenario is specificity. If there's more than one house with a red roof, then you would use "a," but since this is directions and you want to be as specific as possible, hopefully from your sentence the listener can learn that there is only ONE house with a red roof. If there is more than one, you would need to specify "the second house with the red roof" or "the house with the red roof and the green door." Hope that clears it up!
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- Coreano
@deadwate I see! I kept reading your answer to understand it. Yeah, there was only one red-roofed house up ahead. We could see that from a distance. So, in that case, is it okay to say “the house with a red roof”? 🙂
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