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Old 22-Jan-2008, 21:16
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Hello teachers,

in a recent English test my son wrote 'How was the flight?' instead of 'How was your flight?' and his teacher deducted half a mark for that. What do you say?

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Could you provide more context?
It's hard to tell this way. Both sentences are correct, depending on the context:

-I just came from New York!
-Really? How was the(your) flight?

But, you could not say 'How was THE flight?' if the flight hadn't been mentioned before.
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Could you provide more context?
It's hard to tell this way. Both sentences are correct, depending on the context:

-I just came from New York!
-Really? How was the(your) flight?

But, you could not say 'How was THE flight?' if the flight hadn't been mentioned before.
They had to write a note to a friend who had just come to Italy from England (by plane).

My son specifies: a whole mark not half :)
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Maybe because ''How was your flight?'' is more common. But that does not give that teacher the right to make a deduction - your son did not make a mistake. Demand an explanation!
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Maybe because ''How was your flight?'' is more common. But that does not give that teacher the right to make a deduction - your son did not make a mistake. Demand an explanation!
Thanks for your help, Ivan. As for demanding an explanation, I'd better not!
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Anytime! ;)
p.s. Why 'better not'?
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