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 #2 (permalink) Sun Jun 29, 2008 15:38 pm Sentences with "she asked me..." |
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Well, what do you mean? As for me, these sentences are Ok!
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| #3 (permalink) Sun Jun 29, 2008 15:48 pm Sentences with "she asked me..." |
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hi, i just want to practice the English grammar.
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| #4 (permalink) Sun Jun 29, 2008 20:40 pm Sentences with "she asked me..." |
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Hi,
Shouldn't the third sentence be
"she asked me how to find the hotel where I had stayed last time I was visiting Montreal"
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| #5 (permalink) Sun Jun 29, 2008 22:44 pm Sentences with "she asked me..." |
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| are the sentences above correct, please? |
If you begin them with capitals and end them with full stops, they'll be fine. |
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| #6 (permalink) Mon Jun 30, 2008 13:53 pm Sentences with "she asked me..." |
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| Is it simply an American thing to require "the" in "the last time"? |
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| #7 (permalink) Mon Jun 30, 2008 14:24 pm Sentences with "she asked me..." |
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| jaysee wrote: |
| she asked me how to find the hotel where I stayed last time I visited Montreal |
| Barb_D wrote: |
| Is it simply an American thing to require "the" in "the last time"? |
That's an interesting question, Barb. I use both, but I tend to use them differently. Here is a previous thread on that topic:
http://www.english-test.net/forum/ftopic13408.html#38649
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