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- 01-Dec-2011, 16:09 #1
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Is it correct? This guy beside you is using a knife. Is it correct?
- 01-Dec-2011, 16:12 #2
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Teacher Re: Is it correct? It's not incorrect. I'd be more likely to say "That guy next to you is using a knife". If I were at a dinner table, I probably would not say anything - using a knife is not a thing worth commenting on, unless we're at the soup course.
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- 01-Dec-2011, 20:26 #3
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Teacher Re: Is it correct? If I weren't at the dinner table and someone said "The guy beside/next to you is using a knife" I don't think I'd hang around long enough to worry about the grammar. I'd make a run for it!
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