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| i'v been teaching grammar for koreans for some time. however, i am often faced with difficulties of explaining things i didn't even think about. please help me with some of these difficulties such as: 1. which is grammmatically correct? she has beautiful wavy short hair . or she has beautiful short wavy hair. ( what category does the adjective wavy belong to? --shape or condition? 2. instead of saying " i've drunk four cups of coffee in an hour." my student thinks it is also possible to say... i've been drinking four cups of coffee for an hour. ( my student intends to emphasize the question " how long?" and how many cups at the same time) does the sentence make sense and is it grammatically correct? 3. lastly, we ask the question " what do you think will happen?" i felt really stupid when i couldn't explain why it is not possible to say... what do you think it will happen ? please enlighten me. thank you so much and more power. |
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| 1. She has beautiful short wavy brown hair. ![]() observation: beautiful size: short shape: wavy color: brown 2. I've been drinking four cups of coffee for an hour. => it means, you've been taking sips from four different cups of coffee for the past hour. 3. What do you think it will happen? ![]() => 'What' is the subject of the verb 'will happen'. There should be only one subject per verb: You think what will happen? What will happen do you think? What do you think will happen? Hopes that helps. |
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