I want dogs hair cut very cute.

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tzfujimino

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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.
 
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?
 
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".
 
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