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Vincent Teo

#543035 Fri, 18 Jul 08 12:53 PM

Can I say,

The ant the owl for help.

The ant thanked owl for its / it help.

Vincent Teo

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Yankee

#543094 Fri, 18 Jul 08 03:53 PM

You can say The ant thanked owl for its help.

Yankee

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Vincent Teo

#543097 Fri, 18 Jul 08 03:58 PM

So, is this correct?

The ant the owl for help.

Vincent Teo

Tanit

#543101 Fri, 18 Jul 08 04:04 PM

"The ant [?] the owl for help."

Hi,

No, it's not correct. You need a verb where I put a question mark

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Anonymous

#543111 Fri, 18 Jul 08 04:26 PM

The ant thanked the owl for it's help

Anonymous

Tanit

#543115 Fri, 18 Jul 08 04:32 PM

Anonymous
The ant thanked the owl for it's help

Nearly... "it's" should be "its". Smile

Tanit

New2grammar

#543117 Fri, 18 Jul 08 04:35 PM

Am I the only one who noticed Yankee's version doesn't have a definite article before owl? Is Yankee assuming the name of the owl Owl? If so, should the first letter capitalized?

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Yoong Liat

#543181 Fri, 18 Jul 08 06:37 PM

New2grammar
Am I the only one who noticed Yankee's version doesn't have a definite article before owl? Is Yankee assuming the name of the owl Owl? If so, should the first letter capitalized?

The ant thanked the owl for its help. (I believe Yankee inadvertently left out the article.)