Taoufik CHAKIR
Tutor della Community
can somone correct this phrase : "who are those boys ? "
1 ott 2017 20:25
Risposte · 6
3
There's no mistake. I agree with Beni. If the test was about spelling, then the mistake was that you need a capital "W" in "Who....?"
1 ottobre 2017
2
This question is perfectly fine. What is it that you don't like about it?
1 ottobre 2017
1
The sentence is grammatically correct. You say you found the sentence in a textbook and with the instruction "spot the mistake". I have had an idea: Did the textbook have any illustrations? Perhaps the sentence is supposed to be describing a specific illustration in your book. For example, perhaps there is a drawing of some girls (not boys) or perhaps there is a drawing of just one boy (not multiple boys), so perhaps the sentence is not semantically correct for the particular context in your texbook. However, it is grammatically correct.
2 ottobre 2017
@Beni @Michael @Elisabeth Thank you all, for your constructive and generous responses. I think it is correct after all .. and that it has been some sort of a trick question ! Pedagogicly speaking i think these kind of questions are supposed to make the student criticise the content he is being taught and not just be a "spongy" learner :)
3 ottobre 2017
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Taoufik CHAKIR
Competenze linguistiche
Arabo, Arabo (magrebino), Arabo (standard moderno), Cinese (mandarino), Inglese, Francese, Spagnolo
Lingua di apprendimento
Cinese (mandarino), Spagnolo