Anh Thu
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Dear Teacher,
Which one of the following is incorrect: A, B, or C? :roll:
What do you look?
A B C
My friends’s answer: C
My answer: A
My arguments:
(1) Even if you replace “look” by “look at”, "look for” the sentence as a whole is still incorrect with the use of the simple present tense, which should be the present continuous instead.
(2) If you replace “What” by “How” then the sentence is grammatically correct, even though the meaning is a bit odd. The situation, as far as I can imagine, is a question by a doctor from the other end of the telephone line. The answers which the doctor would like to hear might be something like “ I look better today. Thank you, Doctor”, or “ I don’t look pale I as did the other day, when you saw me, Doctor.”
I’d appreciate any of your comments.
Best regards,
Anh Thư
Which one of the following is incorrect: A, B, or C? :roll:
What do you look?
A B C
My friends’s answer: C
My answer: A
My arguments:
(1) Even if you replace “look” by “look at”, "look for” the sentence as a whole is still incorrect with the use of the simple present tense, which should be the present continuous instead.
(2) If you replace “What” by “How” then the sentence is grammatically correct, even though the meaning is a bit odd. The situation, as far as I can imagine, is a question by a doctor from the other end of the telephone line. The answers which the doctor would like to hear might be something like “ I look better today. Thank you, Doctor”, or “ I don’t look pale I as did the other day, when you saw me, Doctor.”
I’d appreciate any of your comments.
Best regards,
Anh Thư
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