Homework Help: English

Posted by rfvv on Saturday, August 25, 2012 at 9:58am.

1. I cleaned and ironed my little brother's clothes and sold them all.

(Does the sentence mean "I" washed the clothes? Or without washing clothes, did I clean the state of the clothes?)

2. Last Saturday, I sold some of my mom's old dresses. For the whold day, I sold just one dress and made only 1,000 won at the flea market.

(How many clothes did I sell? Some clothes or only one?)

English - Writeacher, Saturday, August 25, 2012 at 10:29am
1. The "I" in that sentence did the actions of all 3 verbs: cleaned (washed), ironed, and sold.

2. Only 1 article of clothing was sold: a dress.

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