Homework Help: English

Posted by John on Friday, May 8, 2009 at 10:10pm.

1. Shall we go to a movie?
1-2. Shall we go to the movie?
2. Shall we go to see a movie?
3. Shall we go to see the movie?
4. Shall we go to the movies?
5. Shall we go to the movie?

(Are all the sentences grammatical? I think #4 is correct. What about # 5?)

6. The bag was gone.
6-2. The bag disappeared.
(Are both the same?)

7. He was gone.
7-2. He disappeared.
(Are both the same?)

8. There are two McDonald's here.
8-2. There are two McDonals's' here.
8-3. There are two McDonald'ses here.

(Which one is correct?)

English - Ms. Sue, Friday, May 8, 2009 at 10:23pm
All of the first five are all correct. When you say "a movie," you mean any movie. "The movie" implies a specific movie that you've already talked about. The exception is # 4 -- "the movies" -- which means any movie.

# 6 and 7. They are almost the same. With 6-2, you're implying that you don't know what happened to the bag. With 6-1, it's not clear whether you know what happened to the bag. For instance, you might say, "I saw a group of men around the bag -- and then it was gone."

Only the first # 8 is correct. The other two are not correct.

Answer this Question

Related Questions

English - 1. Shall we have some pizza at the pizza house? 2. Shall we have some ...
English - 1. I will go to a concert this evening. 2. I shall go to a concert ...
GRAMMER - PLEASE CORRECT THE ANSWERS ACCORDING TO THE QUESTION BELOW. WRITE OUT ...
English - 1. "He is very nice," said Bill. 2. " How nice he is!&...
geometry - if sarah gets enough money to go to a movie, jenny will go. if jenny ...
english grammar - Is this correct: "the factors that contributed to the ...
English - 1. I will go there. 2. I shall go there. 3. I intend to go there. (...
English - Explain the problems with this statement. Antigone said: "But I ...
eng/lit - in the sonnet against that time shakespeare in lines 1-12,which of ...
American Goverment - Which phrase from the U.S. Constitution BEST reflects the ...

For Further Reading

First Name:
School Subject:
Answer: