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    Contracted form/help

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    Contracted form/help
    Message from angrepa posted on 18-11-2012 at 15:59:08 (D | E | F)
    Hello,

    i
    n exercise no. 95635 there is a sentence: "Itīs a strange colour" .
    They give as a correct answer
    "It has a strange colour". I wrote "it is a strange colour".
    Can my sentence be correct?
    Thank you for your help.

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    Edited by lucile83 on 20-11-2012 09:48


    Re: Contracted form/help from notrepere, posted on 18-11-2012 at 16:51:44 (D | E)
    Hello

    Yes, while I think either answer is OK, "it's" is usually a contraction of "it is" instead of "it has". A moderator will correct it soon.



    Re: Contracted form/help from may, posted on 20-11-2012 at 02:43:21 (D | E)
    Hello,

    It sounds strange either of them. I would say:
    1. This is a strange colour or
    2. This flower is beautiful. It has a strange color.



    Re: Contracted form/help from lucile83, posted on 20-11-2012 at 09:48:17 (D | E)
    Hello,

    Has is correct here.
    If you read the exercise you'll see that the previous sentence is:
    There's * a tortoise in the garden, ... (see the three dots?)
    and the following sentence is about the tortoise that can't BE a strange colour but HAVE a strange colour.




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