Which is the correct sentence?
- The young cow is calf.
- The young cow is called calf.
- The young cow called as calf.
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"A young (baby) cow is called a calf" or "The baby of a cow is called a calf."– MorganFRCommented May 17, 2016 at 13:44
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None of your sentences are exactly correct. If you want to make statement about what a young cow is called, try:
A young cow is called a calf
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3But "A young cow is a calf" works as well: "called" is optional. Commented May 17, 2016 at 14:45
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3Yes, although 'called' makes it clear this is sentence about what a young cow is called– The CatCommented May 17, 2016 at 14:49
None of these work.
The most natural one is:
A young/baby cow is (called) a calf.
If you wanna use "The" at the beginning of the sentence, then it would be:
The baby of a cow is (called) a calf.
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How about this sentence : 1. The young cow is called a calf. is that right ? When we have to use called as in a sentence ? Commented May 19, 2016 at 12:59
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@ParthibanMuthiah Every young cow is a calf, so you can not single out a particular cow with the determiner "the", you have to use "a" to express a generality. Moreover, "called as" doesn't exist, unless used in two separate clauses, e.g. "Yesterday I called, as I do every day."– MorganFRCommented May 19, 2016 at 13:04