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Default Re: Correct sentences

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Originally Posted by Tarmizi
Are the following sentences correct grammatically ?

1. He has many furniture .
Eric is right. It should be much furniture. (You could say "He has many furnitures" except "furnitures" is not used.)

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2. The truck driver had lost controlled of this vehicle .
The expression is lost control (as Eric noted). The sentence would normally be expressed as: "The truck driver lost control of his vehicle." (You don't need the "has" unless circumstances require you to use the past perfect. Context determines that.)

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3. The driver of the car had lost control of his car in the accident .
That sentence is fine if you need to use past perfect. Otherwise, use simple past. In that case it would be: "The driver of the car lost control of his car in the accident."

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