Rarely eat home cooked food

[mrmvp]

Which one is correct and is there a difference in meaning?

1-My brothers are rarely eat home cooked food.
2-My brothers rarely eat home cooked food.
3-My brothers are rarely eating home cooked food.
4-My brothers rarely eating home cooked food.

 

[Barque]

1 and 4 aren't grammatical.

2 sounds fine as a statement of fact.

3 could work in a very specific context. You haven't given us any.

 

[emsr2d2]

Which one is correct and is there a difference in meaning?

1-My brothers are rarely eat home-cooked food.
2-My brothers rarely eat home-cooked food.
3-My brothers are rarely eating home-cooked food.
4-My brothers rarely eating home-cooked food.

Only #2 is correct as a standalone sentence. As Barque said, #3 could work but it would need at least one more word after "food".

What grammar point are you trying to practise with these sentences?

 

[Rover_KE]

mrmvp, did you notice that emsr2d2 added mandatory hyphens in 'home-cooked'?

 

[mrmvp]

Only #2 is correct as a standalone sentence. As Barque said, #3 could work but it would need at least one more word after "food".

What grammar point are you trying to practise with these sentences?

Thank you for your feedback.

What is the word needed to make sentence three work?

I'm puzzled when I find some sentences that ungrammatical on Social Media.The reason why I posted the thread is no make sure what sentences are grammatical and what aren't.

 

[emsr2d2]

What is the word needed to make sentence three work?

At a push, I'd accept "My brothers are rarely eating home-cooked food these days. They're mostly eating out" or similar. I still wouldn't really see the need for the present continuous rather than the present simple.

I'm puzzled when I find some sentences that are ungrammatical on social media.The reason why I posted the thread is no to make sure find out what which sentences are grammatical and what which aren't.

Note my corrections above.

 

[Barque]

I'm puzzled when I find some sentences that ungrammatical on Social Media.

What puzzles you about it? I'm puzzled that you're puzzled.

Do all Arabic speakers always speak perfect Arabic with no mistakes? Do all Arabic speakers who post on social media make posts without any mistakes at all?

It's the same with every language.

 

[mrmvp]

What puzzles you about it? I'm puzzled that you're puzzled.

Do all Arabic speakers always speak perfect Arabic with no mistakes? Do all Arabic speakers who post on social media make posts without any mistakes at all?

It's the same with every language.

Of course not. Mistakes are made in every language. As I mentioned, the reason I posted my thread is to find out the correct grammatical structures.

 

[emsr2d2]

Of course not. Mistakes are made in every language.

In that case, why are you puzzled that you find errors on social media?

 

[mrmvp]

In that case, why are you puzzled that you find errors on social media?

Because I have to review and brush up on grammar again.