Elly
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- Jun 9, 2022
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- Interested in Language
- Native Language
- Japanese
- Home Country
- Japan
- Current Location
- Japan
Hi there,
I'm new to this forum and this is the first thread I'm posting.
I have a question about a sentence in an English language textbook my son is using at his secondary school here in Japan.
The sentence in question is the underlined in the below example given in the textbook.
A: Throw it.
B: OK. But I can't catch.
I note that this is a stand-alone example given in this particular section of the textbook and so it's not part of a passage (Please refer to the attached image. Only one word is meant to go into the blank box).
My question is, is the underlined sentence grammatically correct? I understand that the verb 'catch' can take either a transitive or intransitive form, but I somehow feel that an object would need to be inserted after it (such that it reads something like "But I can't catch it." Strictly speaking, "I am not going to be able to catch it" might be a more natural phrase but that might be slightly beside the point.)
Thank you in advance for your helpful guidance.
Best,
Elly
I'm new to this forum and this is the first thread I'm posting.
I have a question about a sentence in an English language textbook my son is using at his secondary school here in Japan.
The sentence in question is the underlined in the below example given in the textbook.
A: Throw it.
B: OK. But I can't catch.
I note that this is a stand-alone example given in this particular section of the textbook and so it's not part of a passage (Please refer to the attached image. Only one word is meant to go into the blank box).
My question is, is the underlined sentence grammatically correct? I understand that the verb 'catch' can take either a transitive or intransitive form, but I somehow feel that an object would need to be inserted after it (such that it reads something like "But I can't catch it." Strictly speaking, "I am not going to be able to catch it" might be a more natural phrase but that might be slightly beside the point.)
Thank you in advance for your helpful guidance.
Best,
Elly