Before whitewash we need to get old colour off of the walls.

tufguy · May 11, 2024

Please check my sentences.

1) Before whitewash we need to get old colour off of the walls so that new colour can be put on the walls.

2) Before whitewash we need to remove old colour from the walls so that new colour can be done on the walls.

Tarheel · May 11, 2024

tufguy said:
Please check my sentences.

1) Before WE whitewash we need to get THE old colour off of the walls so that THE new colour can be put on the walls.

2) Before WE whitewash we need to remove THE old colour from the walls so that THE new colour can be PUT on the walls.

I would probably say "applied to" instead of "put on".

emsr2d2 · May 11, 2024

tufguy said:
1) Before whitewashing, we whitewash we need to get the old colour off of the walls so that the new colour can be put on the walls.

2) Before whitewash we need to remove old colour from the walls so that new colour can be done on the walls.

Forget #2 with "done". It doesn't work.

Even with my corrections, #1 is quite wordy. I'd say "Before we whitewash the walls, we need to remove the old paint".

Before whitewash we need to get old colour off of the walls.

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