He went in to Milk a Cow.

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"He went in to milk a cow. He came out with a bucket full of milk. He had taken out a lot of milk."

Please check.
 
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Why is "milk" capitalized? What do you mean by "had taken out"? Taken out from where?
 

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In addition to "milk", why is "cow" capitalised?
 

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Is a bucket a lot of milk?
 

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It depends on the size of the cow. And the size of the bucket.
 

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And it will all be relative to the size of whoever "he" is.
 

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You don't have to do your corrections. I corrected it for you.
 

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We don't "take out" milk from a cow's udder. We just get it.

Now that you know that "cow" and "milk" shouldn't be capitalised and that "take out" isn't correct, have another try at the whole thing.
 

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"He went in to milk a cow. He came out with a bucket full of milk. He had got a lot of milk."

Can we also say "he had milked a lot of milk?"
 
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