March 2, 2022
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This morning I came across a short video introducing Nanning city (CN) made by a Chinese girl. In the video I saw the sentence "we three on one bike without helmets". According to my knowledge of English, I think it will be wrong, or at least it's an incomplete sentence because I can't find the verb. I checked the sentence on some AI correcting apps, but all the apps say that it doesn't have any problem. Then I assume that may the whole "sentence" be an adverbial? To give you more information, the previous sentence is "And as you can see, we never obey the traffic rules", and the following sentence is "That's not good kids don't be like us". What about your opinion on the questionable sentence above? Thank you very much.
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This morning I came across a short video introducing Nanning city (CN) made by a Chinese girl.
In the video I saw the sentence: "we three on one bike without helmets".
According to my knowledge of English, I think it will bethis setence is wrong, or at least it's an incomplete sentence becausince I can't find the verb.
I checked the sentence on some AI correcting apptranslators, but all the apps say that it doesn't have anythere's no problem.
Then II would assume that may the whole "sentence" would be an adverbial?
I'm not sure quite what you mean by 'adverbial.'
What about's your opinion on the questionable sentence above?
Thank you very much.
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My opinion on the sentence is that it's an informal construction that omits the verb 'to be' and is still grammatically correct in informal English, although the more correct way to phrase it would be "Us three on one bike without helmets" instead of "we." You might use this sentence as the subtitle to a photo or as a caption to something, but you would never say aloud in English. It's more of a descriptive sentence that would be used to clarify some information that has already been given. You can think of the sentence as having an implied meaning like "[This photo/video shows] Us three on one bike without helmets." Since it would be tiresome and useless to say that part in brackets if the sentence is already the caption of a photo or video, you can omit it in English and everyone will know what you mean.
March 6, 2022
Thank you very much.
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This morning I came across a short video introducing Nanning city (CN) made by a Chinese girl.
In the video I saw the sentence "weAll three on one bikef us on riding without helmets on a single bike".
According to my knowledge of English, I think it will be wrong, or at least it's an incomplete sentence because I can't find the verb.
I checked the sentence on some AI correcting apps, but all the apps say that it doesn't have any problems.
TheCan I assume that may the whole "sentence" be anis adverbial?
To give you more information, the previous sentence is "And as you can see, we never obey the traffic rules", and the following sentence is "That's not good kids don't be like us".
What about yourDo you have any opinions on the questionable sentence abovesentence in question?
Thank you very much.
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"we three on one bike without helmets" I think is called a "fragment, and casual English has lots of them! However, the fragment sounds weird to me, for different reasons, so I "corrected" it.
March 2, 2022
Thank you very much.
March 2, 2022
So it is a adverbial?
March 6, 2022
I'm not a grammar expert, so I'm not sure. This would be a grammatically correct sentence: "We were quite reckless, all three of us riding without helmets on a single bike".
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According to my knowledge of English, I think it will be wrong, or at least it's an incomplete sentence because I can't find the verb. This sentence has been marked as perfect! According to my knowledge of English, I think |
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I checked the sentence on some AI correcting apps, but all the apps say that it doesn't have any problem. I checked the sentence on some AI correcting apps, but all the apps say that it doesn't have any problems. I checked the sentence on some AI |
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Then I assume that may the whole "sentence" be an adverbial?
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To give you more information, the previous sentence is "And as you can see, we never obey the traffic rules", and the following sentence is "That's not good kids don't be like us". This sentence has been marked as perfect! |
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