Vincent Teo Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

made the garden...

Can I write:

(a) They made the garden with balloons, colourful light and ribbons. The garden was as beautiful as the sunset.

(b) They made the garden beautifully.
  

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Hi Vincent I don't think you would normally say made the garden. I would use decorate instead. They decorated the garden with balloons, colourful lights (lighting perhaps) and ribbons.

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Hi Vincent

I don't think you would normally say made the garden. 

I would use decorate instead. 

They decorated the garden with balloons, colourful lights (lighting perhaps) and ribbons.

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They decorated the garden with balloons, colorful lights and ribbons.

The garden was as beautiful as the sunset.

They made the garden beautiful. OR They decorated the garden beautifully.