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max81 Jul 10th, 2011 08:30 am

don't you know here comes a bus?
 
don't you know here comes a bus?

Is this sentence correct?(ie. gramatically and structurally correct, usage, etc)? If not, can someone please fix it? Thank you,

max

susan53 Jul 11th, 2011 06:11 am

Re: don't you know here comes a bus?
 
Depends what you mean by "correct". The problem is that it doesn't mean anything.

Don't you know = I'm surprised if you don't know.
Here comes a bus! = Look! There's a bus coming!

So the two don't go together. You can't be surprised at someone not knowing something which you then intend to "announce" as being new information.

The problem here is that you've not given us the context of the sentence, so it's impossible to decide what you really wanted to say. I'm guessing that it might be eg, someone has parked at a bus stop and you're the traffic warden giving them a fine for blocking the space. Then you might say eg: Didn't you know that the bus stops here?

Always specify the context when you ask about language. Without it, it's often impossible to decide whether something wopuld be said or not.


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