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I went to the teacher and libarian.

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subhajit123

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Hi everyone, is this sentence correct?

Yesterday I went to the teacher, and librarian. They give me some books.


Note: The teacher and the librarian are two different people.
 
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Yesterday, I went to the teacher and to the librarian. They give me some book.
If you got more than one book, say "They gave me some books."
 

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If you got more than one book, say "They gave me some books."

Why does my grammar book say :Yesterday, I went to the teacher and libarian. He gave me some books. Does it mean the teacher and librarian are the same person?
 
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The whole thing is fairly unnatural. "I went to the teacher" is an odd sentence. I would expect to find "I went to see the teacher" or "I went to visit the teacher". If the teacher is also the librarian but you were going to see him in his capacity as librarian, just call him the librarian.

I went to see the librarian. He gave me some books.
I went to see the teacher. He gave me some books.

If it's important, for some reason, to make it clear that he has two jobs, I'd use something like:
I went to see the librarian (who is also a teacher). He gave me some books.
 
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