He owes me 6 rs

[tufguy]

Hi guys,

Please check this sentence. "I went to a shop to buy eggs. I gave shopkeeper 30 rs and took 6 eggs, he had to return me a balance of 6 rs, but he didn't have change". So can I say "He had some of my money or he owe me 6 rs or he has a balance of 6 rs towards me. I told to the shopkeeper that I would come back tommorow and then we would consider 6 rs or then we would adjust the balance(because I buy eggs daily).

 

[tufguy]

Please reply guys.

 

[Rover_KE]

I went to a shop and bought six eggs for 24 rupees. I gave the shopkeeper 30 rupees but he didn't have any change. I said he could knock six rupees off my next egg purchase tomorrow.

 

[tufguy]

Were my sentences wrong and what does 'knock' mean?

 

[MikeNewYork]

"Knock off" means to reduce the bill/price. Your sentences were not great. Rover's version was great. Notice how he broke up what he wanted to say into separate sentences. You need to work on that.

 

[tufguy]

Did I use incorrect formations like "He owed me 6 rs or he had some of my money"?

 

[Tdol]

For a start, you used he owe.

 

[tufguy]

I didn't get you.

 

[emsr2d2]

"He" is the third person singular. I'm sure you know that regular verbs in English take an "s" on the end of the third person singular.

I owe.
You owe.
He/she/it owes.
We owe.
You owe.
They owe.

So "He owe" is wrong.

 

[tufguy]

Oh, I don't know how I made such a silly mistake. I didn't see that.