Is this grammatically correct?
S snoopya1984 Member Joined Sep 20, 2010 Member Type English Teacher Native Language Greek Home Country Greece Current Location Greece Nov 22, 2011 #1 Is this grammatically correct?
Raymott VIP Member Joined Jun 29, 2008 Member Type Academic Native Language English Home Country Australia Current Location Australia Nov 22, 2011 #2 snoopya1984 said: Is this grammatically correct? Click to expand... The topic line? No, the second sentence, if it is a response to the first, should be something like, "Yes, I want a pen", or "Yes, I do." or "Yes." You can't say "Yes, I want". Last edited: Nov 22, 2011
snoopya1984 said: Is this grammatically correct? Click to expand... The topic line? No, the second sentence, if it is a response to the first, should be something like, "Yes, I want a pen", or "Yes, I do." or "Yes." You can't say "Yes, I want".
R Rover_KE Moderator Staff member Joined Jun 20, 2010 Member Type Retired English Teacher Native Language British English Home Country England Current Location England Nov 22, 2011 #3 ...or 'Yes, please'.
Raymott VIP Member Joined Jun 29, 2008 Member Type Academic Native Language English Home Country Australia Current Location Australia Nov 22, 2011 #4 Rover_KE said: ...or 'Yes, please'. Click to expand... Of course. I'm not sure why I put "must be" there. The number of acceptable responses could be enormous. "Do you want a pen?" "Do you know, now that you mention it, a pen would be much more useful than this hedgehog quill I've been struggling with!" I will edit out "must".
Rover_KE said: ...or 'Yes, please'. Click to expand... Of course. I'm not sure why I put "must be" there. The number of acceptable responses could be enormous. "Do you want a pen?" "Do you know, now that you mention it, a pen would be much more useful than this hedgehog quill I've been struggling with!" I will edit out "must".