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Q1. Which of the three sentences is correct?
A: It's water that he needs. OK
B: It's the water that he needs. OK
C: It's some water that he needs. OK
Q2. Can the following 2 sentence be correct? (Sorry, no context.)
A: It's any book that is OK. I can't think of a context where this would be used.
B: It's a teacher that must teach students. Awkward. There may be a context, but even then there is probably a better way to say this.
CJ
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Hi, Calif. You said all in Q1 are OK. But there is one thing I feel vague about it.
I understand sentence A as meaning "It's water, not wine, or food, that he needs."
Similarly I understand sentence B as meaning "It's the water, not that water, that he needs."
However, sentence C has no contrastive counterpart. Is sentence C still correct?
I feel vague and a little suspicious about the sentence: It's any book that is OK, as well.