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The verb for play doh and play house
本帖最後由 rayyeh 於 2017-5-23 10:49 PM 編輯Dear English Experts
I have a question about the verb for play doh and play house. I hear some non English native speakers ask their children "Hey Kiddo. Do you want to play clay?". And I have heard American usually call "clay" as "play doh". They take the biggest brand of clay to call. However, I never got a chance to hear how do American use the verb for play doh. Is it correct to ask a kid "Do you want to play play doh?" Same question for the game "play house". If i say "Girls, let's play play house." I found that sounds weird. What is proper verb for the noun "play doh" and "play house"?
Thank you
...<div class='locked'><em>瀏覽完整內容，請先 <a href='member.php?mod=register'>註冊</a> 或 <a href='javascript:;' onclick="lsSubmit()">登入會員</a></em></div><div></div> Play Doh (Play Dough) is the product name.
It is a kind of artificial clay.
(O)Do you want to play (with the) Play Doh?
(X)Do you want to play clay? (must be: play with clay)
(O)Do you want to play house?
(X)Do you want to play play house?
'play' is the verb, 'house' is the activity of family role-playing
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P.S. Ray, you need to pay attention to your basic grammar such as consistency of your verb tense and plural nouns. And understand the difference between using 'the' and 'a'.
Consistency of verb tense:
ex:
I hear some....
I have heard....
(verb tense mis-match)
Plural nouns:
ex:
Americans usually call....
'The'
ex:
(x) What is proper verb.....
(o) What is the proper verb
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Play Doh (Play Dough) is the product name.
It is a kind of artificial clay.
That's awesome. Appreciated your reply. So, I can say "Do you want to play with Play Doh?". But, when I am talking about the game "Play House", I can just go for "Do you want to play house?".
Additional question, I was actually aware of "I hear some non English native speakers..." and "I have heard American usually...". It is like my intention of my first sentence was in general and for the second sentence was for literary I really have heard this kind of saying. So, even for the above conditions, do I still need to keep the verb tense consistent?
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rayyeh 發表於 2017-5-26 10:19 PM static/image/common/back.gif
That's awesome. Appreciated your reply. So, I can say "Do you want to play with Play Doh?". But, w ...
>....do I still need to keep the verb tense consistent?
Yes, you do, for the sake of fluency for your sentences.
In that case, you can say:
I hear some non-English native speakers (here you remember the 's') ask their children .......
And I also hear Americans (here you forgot the 's') usually call (see? you conflicted the grammar for the verb)...
Basic grammar is the key to advance your English.
NO ONE, no one can get better at English if you can't even execute the basic grammar in your reality. YES, in reality, from your natural speaking and writing as instinct, NOT from your knowledge.
EX:
-The third person verbs
-When to use plural nouns, when to use singular
-When to use present tense, past tense, present perfect, past perfect, past participle
-And PREPOSITIONS !!! (at, on, in, with, about, of, for, among.....)
These grammar rules are an indication of your TRUE English level.
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Consider: google, ebay.
"A: I wonder how many miles from Vancouver to Seattle"
"B: I don't know, you can google it" vs "You can use google"
"A: I wonder where I can get a the LV from five years ago."
"B: You can try to ebay it." vs "you can check ebay"<br><br><br><br><br><div></div> 本帖最後由 pop00123 於 2017-5-28 02:33 PM 編輯
citizenkane 發表於 2017-5-28 04:46 AM static/image/common/back.gif
Consider brand names Nouns. They are still objects. This applies for most things that can't do anyth ...
>Consider brand names Nouns. (Why capital?) --> Brand names are nouns.
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>....do I still need to keep the verb tense consistent?
Good advice. I will try hard to keep my grammar consistent. Thank you and have a nice day. citizenkane 發表於 2017-5-28 04:46 AM static/image/common/back.gif
Consider brand names Nouns. They are still objects. This applies for most things that can't do anyth ...
Yes, exactly. It is a trend that Americans use more and more brand names nouns. They sometimes could be used as verbs. Thank you for your reply. rayyeh 發表於 2017-5-31 09:20 PM static/image/common/back.gif
Yes, exactly. It is a trend that Americans use more and more brand names nouns. They sometimes cou ...
I have once heard Dakota Johnson said "Zamboni Driver". I googled it and learnt that is the guy who drives a special car to resurface the ice for skate or hockey courts. The "Zamboni" is a brand name....<div class='locked'><em>瀏覽完整內容，請先 <a href='member.php?mod=register'>註冊</a> 或 <a href='javascript:;' onclick="lsSubmit()">登入會員</a></em></div><br><br><br><br><br><div></div> 謝謝版大的分享唷 ~!! 希望能一步一步邁進~~ ralphtw 發表於 2018-8-3 11:35 PM static/image/common/back.gif
謝謝版大的分享唷 ~!! 希望能一步一步邁進~~
Thank you for the encourage. I will post more English questions which cannot get answer from google easily.
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