questions on sentences

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Anonymous

#528976 Wed, 18 Jun 08 06:47 AM

Hi,

For the following two sentences, would you say they make sense or correct?
1.Onion: I am a round root of a plant.-- I would rather use the definite article: I am the round root of a plant.
2.donkey: I am cousin to a dog. -- no article before 'cousin' since it is treated as a tittle? What can be used as a title and what can not be?

Are these right?
3. You can grill fish under the grill. -- why 'under the grill' and not 'over the grill'? When you see a grill, I think you will (Is 'would' good here too???) agree that the fish is usually placed on top, not under.
4. A group of people who are elected to govern ... -- is it supposed to be 'are'? Why not 'is' to refer to a single? group??

Anonymous

Mister Micawber

#528995 Wed, 18 Jun 08 08:20 AM

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These are OK:

1.Onion: I am a/the round root of a plant
2.Donkey: I am (a) cousin to a dog.

What can be used as a title and what can not be? -- Hard to say in so limited a space, but here it is not a title, it is a relationship.

3. You can grill fish under the grill. -- why 'under the grill' and not 'over the grill'? When you see a grill, I think you will/ If you saw a grill, I think you would agree that the fish is usually placed on top, not under.-- Usually, but not always-- some grills have the heating element above.

4. A group of people who are elected to govern -- is it supposed to be 'are'?-- Conceptually, the several governors are envisioned; this is called 'notional concord'.

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