roseriver1012
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"Bits of plastic bags hung on the tree."
I am puzzled in two points about the sentence.
a) Can "bits of" be used in countable nouns? (bits of bags?)
b) About the preposition before "tree", I've been taught that for the thing that doesn't belong to the tree, "in the tree" is used; for the thing that grows out of the tree, "on the tree" is used. Then is "on" in the sentence used correctly, since it is related to the "plastic bags"?
Thanks for your help!
I am puzzled in two points about the sentence.
a) Can "bits of" be used in countable nouns? (bits of bags?)
b) About the preposition before "tree", I've been taught that for the thing that doesn't belong to the tree, "in the tree" is used; for the thing that grows out of the tree, "on the tree" is used. Then is "on" in the sentence used correctly, since it is related to the "plastic bags"?
Thanks for your help!