I want dogs hair cut very cute.

Status
Not open for further replies.

tzfujimino

Key Member
Joined
Dec 8, 2007
Member Type
English Teacher
Native Language
Japanese
Home Country
Japan
Current Location
Japan
Hello.:-D

One of my students wrote:

I'm going to talk about my dream.
I want to be a dog groomer.
It's because I like dogs.
I want dogs hair cut very cute.
So, I want to study very hard.

The fourth sentence is obviously ungrammatical.
I'm wondering how I should change it.
Can I change it to "I want to cut dog hair very cute."?

Thank you.
 

Tdol

No Longer With Us (RIP)
Staff member
Joined
Nov 13, 2002
Native Language
British English
Home Country
UK
Current Location
Japan
I suppose it should be cutely, but it sounds odd to me. How about I want to cut dogs' hair in a very cute way/I want to give dogs cute haircuts?
 

emsr2d2

Moderator
Staff member
Joined
Jul 28, 2009
Member Type
English Teacher
Native Language
British English
Home Country
UK
Current Location
UK
I suppose it should be cutely, but it sounds odd to me. How about I want to cut dogs' hair in a very cute way/I want to give dogs cute haircuts?

There is ambiguity in "I want to cut dogs' hair in a very cute way". It sounds as if the cutting is done in a cute way (ie the dog groomer is cute). I would go for "I want to give dogs cute haircuts".
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Top