Was he wearing long hair?

Marco · Sun Mar 21, 2004 12:01 pm *Was he wearing long hair?*

Test No. errors/advan-8 "Admire his Achievement", question 4

Did you notice any particular characteristics about the thief - was he wearing long hair?

(a) Did
(b) notice
(c) characteristics
(d) was he wearing

Test No. errors/advan-8 "Admire his Achievement", answer 4

Did you notice any particular characteristics about the thief - did he have long hair?

Correct entry: did he have
The error was: (d) was he wearing

About "Did you notice any particular did he have about the thief- was he wearing long hair ?

Hi Alan !

Thank you very very much for your previous answer.
Could you please explain me more about this sentence- and the phrase "did he have" in particular ?

Thank you very much in advance for your help

Marc "from Marseille"

PS : I've aimed too high, haven't I?

Torsten · Sun Mar 21, 2004 12:53 pm *Did he have long hair?*

Dear Marco,

You are referring to this sentence, aren't you?

Did you notice any particular characteristics about the thief - was he wearing long hair? (Errors in Sentences, Advanced Level, Question 4)

ERL/EFL test Admire his Achievement
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Marco · Sun Mar 21, 2004 17:32 pm *Did he have long hair?*

Torsten · Sun Mar 21, 2004 17:37 pm *Wearing long hair?*

Marco,

Instead of saying '... was he wearing long hair?' it's better to use '.... did he have long hair?' because the verb to wear goes together with clothes as in '.... he was wearing a white T-shirt and a baseball cap.'

Does this answer your question?
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Marco · Sun Mar 21, 2004 20:24 pm *Did he have long hair?*

Torsten · Sun Mar 21, 2004 20:51 pm *He had long hair*

Hi Marc,

Now I got your point. Please check again. Thanks for your support.
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nessie · Sun Mar 23, 2008 7:36 am *Was he wearing long hair?*

But why shouldn't we write "Did you notice any particular characteristics OF the thief" => isn't "about" wrong? :O

Yankee · Sun Mar 23, 2008 8:50 am *Was he wearing long hair?*

Hi Nessie

I'd say 'of' would definitely be the more commonly used preposition. 'About' would be very common in a sentence worded like this:
Did you notice anything about the thief?

I'd say it may have been the word 'any' in the test sentence that triggered the author's use of the word 'about'.
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nessie · Sun Mar 23, 2008 9:24 am *Was he wearing long hair?*

Thanks a lot, Amy, I agree with you that "about" is quite all right in your sentence ("Did you notice anything about the thief?") but I still feel the sentence "Did you notice any particular characteristics about the thief" so strange...
May I have Alan's idea, please?
Many thanks to you both Smile

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