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[optimistic pessimist]

Hi all
I found the following sentences in a textbook for beginners.
"My brother has a bike. It is new."
In this case, is it also okay to say,
"My brother has a bike. That is new."?

 

[GoesStation]

"My brother has a bike. It is new."
In this case, is it also okay to say,
"My brother has a bike. That is new"?

If you mean that the bike is new, you need it. Your variation is possible if you mean that the fact that he has a bike is new, but it's not very likely.

Use only one punctuation mark to end a sentence. If you quote a sentence that ends with a period ("full stop" in British English) and follow the quote with other sentence-ending punctuation, drop the period from the quote.

 

[SoothingDave]

Or if it's one sentence. My brother has a bike that is new.

 

[Rover_KE]

I found the following sentences in a textbook for beginners.
"My brother has a bike. It is new."

Please tell us the title and author of said textbook.

In what context did it quote those two sentences? Was it an exercise to combine them?

Was it looking for the response 'My brother has a new bike?