LovMJ Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Origin / Originating
Hello!
I have a question of below sentence.
Why 'origin' can't answer the below sentence?
I don't understand wht answer 'C' is correct.
Please see the below.
After our mechanics determind where the oil leak in your truck is ___form, we can tell you how much the repair cost.
A.Origin
B.Originated
C.Originating
D.Being Originated
I have a question of below sentence.
Why 'origin' can't answer the below sentence?
I don't understand wht answer 'C' is correct.
Please see the below.
After our mechanics determind where the oil leak in your truck is ___form, we can tell you how much the repair cost.
A.Origin
B.Originated
C.Originating
D.Being Originated
Top answer
After our mechanics determin e where the oil leak in your truck is ___ from , we can tell you how much the repair cost. 'origin' is a noun, so that's not correct. You need a verb.
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???After our mechanics determine where the oil leak in your truck is ___from, we can tell you how much the repair cost.'origin' is a noun, so that's not correct. You need a verb.
The verb is 'originate'.
The leak is originating from somewhere. Yo
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CJ has already said "The leak is originating from somewhere. You need the present continuous tense of 'originate'.
Hence, you cannot use originate or originated.
Hence, you cannot use originate or originated.
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???Then why not answer B?B, C, and D are all different forms of the same verb.
The point is that you're supposed to choose the correct form.
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. . . we can tell you how much the repair cost.
No.
... we can tell you how much the repair will cost.
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... we can tell you the repair cost.
No.
... we can tell you how much the repair will cost.
or
... we can tell you the repair cost.
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