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batistaloc
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Teachers at my school are arguing ab this small problem whether we can use "become friends with sb" or not. Is it ok or grAmmartically?
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20 Sep 2011
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mariec
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IT IS CORRECT TO SAY;" BECOME FRIENDS WITH SB.
ANN BECAME FRIENDS WITH MY BROTHER....
BUT THE SENTENCE;" ANN AND MY BROTHER BECAME FRIENDS ..." SOUNDS BETTER. |
20 Sep 2011
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almaz
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@Alex Le
What exactly was the argument about? I really can �t see the point of it. �Become � has the senses of �grow to be � and �begin to be �. So, where �s the argument?
I did a quick check and found the phrase was used just recently by History Today, Cosmopolitan and The New York Times, among others. |
20 Sep 2011
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bibikos
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according to Oxford Learner �s Dictionary of English Idioms we say "make friends with sb = become sb �s friends".
I think I �ve also encountered the phrase become friends with.
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20 Sep 2011
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batistaloc
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My students used become friends with in his test, which i suppose to be absolutely right. However some teachers in my school didn �t mark him and said that: "According to the dictionary, there is only �be friends with � not become friends with". So we argued. One more thing, they even didnt mark this sentence "She is sent abroad to study chemistry". They say we are not allowed to use simple present in this sentence. What do u think? We had a big fight. |
20 Sep 2011
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batistaloc
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My students used become friends with in his test, which i suppose to be absolutely right. However some teachers in my school didn �t mark him and said that: "According to the dictionary, there is only �be friends with � not become friends with". So we argued. One more thing, they even didnt mark this sentence "She is sent abroad to study chemistry". They say we are not allowed to use simple present in this sentence. What do u think? We had a big fight. |
20 Sep 2011
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batistaloc
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My students used become friends with in his test, which i suppose to be absolutely right. However some teachers in my school didn �t mark him and said that: "According to the dictionary, there is only �be friends with � not become friends with". So we argued. One more thing, they even didnt mark this sentence "She is sent abroad to study chemistry". They say we are not allowed to use simple present in this sentence. What do u think? We had a big fight. |
20 Sep 2011
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Zora
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Well, for one thing "is sent" is the present passive form (not present simple - so they are pulling one over you if they are insisting on that), and perhaps it would sound better as "was sent" BUT I do think it �s wrong not to mark something and just consider it "wrong". What about the students effort? Is it really such a crime that he/she used the present passive instead of a past form??
All I can say is that some teachers like to get (and stay on) on their high horses sometimes, when they really need to be bucked off once in a while to keep them a bit more humble.
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20 Sep 2011
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batistaloc
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Thanks all of u. But nothing has changed. |
21 Sep 2011
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