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Reply With Quoteb.Originally Posted by wotcha
1. I want to grow a cat.
2. I want to raise hair.
3. I want to raise a cat.
4. I want to grow hair.
Is it possible to say like 3 and 4?
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- 31-Jan-2013, 16:20 #1
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I want to grow/raise a cat. I want to growraise hair. 1. I want to grow a cat.
2. I want to raise hair.
3. I want to raise a cat.
4. I want to grow hair.
Is it possible to say like 3 and 4?
- 31-Jan-2013, 16:40 #2
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Re: I want to grow/raise a cat. I want to growraise hair.
- 31-Jan-2013, 21:56 #3
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Re: I want to grow/raise a cat. I want to growraise hair. I don't know about #4. You don't grow hair like corn or rice. I want to grow MY hair OUT. I want to let my hair grow long.
I'm not a teacher, but I write for a living. Please don't ask me about 2nd conditionals, but I'm a safe bet for what reads well in (American) English.
- 31-Jan-2013, 22:01 #4
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Re: I want to grow/raise a cat. I want to growraise hair. Not even if you were willingly bold and decided to change that by letting your hair grow? Originally Posted by Barb_D I'm not a teacher, or a native English speaker. Feel free to edit my posts if you encounter any mistakes in them (be it grammatical or vocabular). It'll help me to improve my command of English.
- 31-Jan-2013, 22:08 #5
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Re: I want to grow/raise a cat. I want to growraise hair. No, we let our hair grow, we don't grow it. Originally Posted by CarloSsS
- 31-Jan-2013, 22:08 #6
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Re: I want to grow/raise a cat. I want to growraise hair. I don't think you "raise" cats, unless you are ranching them for food or fur.
- 31-Jan-2013, 22:15 #7
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Re: I want to grow/raise a cat. I want to growraise hair. Suggest you Google "raising cats". Originally Posted by SoothingDave
- 31-Jan-2013, 22:22 #8
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Re: I want to grow/raise a cat. I want to growraise hair. Nobody is willingly bald. You might deliberately have your head shaved, but that is not baldness. Originally Posted by CarloSsS
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- 31-Jan-2013, 22:28 #9
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Re: I want to grow/raise a cat. I want to growraise hair. That is what I meant. Thanks for the correction of "bold". What is it then if it's not baldness? Originally Posted by Rover_KE
But you can grow a beard, right? By the same token, I thought you could grow your hair if you stop shaving it. Originally Posted by bhaisahab I'm not a teacher, or a native English speaker. Feel free to edit my posts if you encounter any mistakes in them (be it grammatical or vocabular). It'll help me to improve my command of English.
- 31-Jan-2013, 23:43 #10
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Re: I want to grow/raise a cat. I want to growraise hair. "I've stopped shaving my head and started growing my hair." For me, the important part of the second part of the sentence is the word "my".
I want to start growing hair.
I want to start growing my hair.
Remember - correct capitalisation, punctuation and spacing make posts much easier to read.
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