The verb for play doh and play house

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I have a question about the verb for play doh and play house. I hear some non English native speakers ask their children "Hey Kiddo. Do you want to play clay?". And I have heard American usually call "clay" as "play doh". They take the biggest brand of clay to call. However, I never got a chance to hear how do American use the verb for play doh. Is it correct to ask a kid "Do you want to play play doh?" Same question for the game "play house". If i say "Girls, let's play play house." I found that sounds weird. What is proper verb for the noun "play doh" and "play house"?
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pop00123

Play Doh (Play Dough) is the product name.
It is a kind of artificial clay.

(O)Do you want to play (with the) Play Doh?
(X)Do you want to play clay?   (must be: play with clay)

(O)Do you want to play house?
(X)Do you want to play play house?
'play' is the verb, 'house' is the activity of family role-playing

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P.S. Ray, you need to pay attention to your basic grammar such as consistency of your verb tense and plural nouns. And understand the difference between using 'the' and 'a'.
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pop00123 發表於 2017-5-24 04:17 PM

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Play Doh (Play Dough) is the product name.
It is a kind of artificial clay.

That's awesome. Appreciated your reply. So, I can say "Do you want to play with Play Doh?". But, when I am talking about the game "Play House", I can just go for "Do you want to play house?".
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rayyeh 發表於 2017-5-26 10:19 PM

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That's awesome. Appreciated your reply. So, I can say "Do you want to play with Play Doh?". But, w ...

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citizenkane

Consider brand names Nouns. They are still objects. This applies for most things that can't do anything else. But in modern times...

Consider: google, ebay.
"A: I wonder how many miles from Vancouver to Seattle"
"B: I don't know, you can google it" vs "You can use google"

"A: I wonder where I can get a the LV from five years ago."
"B: You can try to ebay it." vs "you can check ebay"

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citizenkane 發表於 2017-5-28 04:46 AM

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Consider brand names Nouns. They are still objects. This applies for most things that can't do anyth ...

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citizenkane

good corrections, I was writing that on the fly.

pop00123 發表於 2017-5-27 01:23 AM

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>....do I still need to keep the verb tense consistent?

Good advice. I will try hard to keep my grammar consistent. Thank you and have a nice day....

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citizenkane 發表於 2017-5-28 04:46 AM

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Consider brand names Nouns. They are still objects. This applies for most things that can't do anyth ...

Yes, exactly. It is a trend that Americans use more and more brand names nouns. They sometimes could be used as verbs. Thank you for your reply. ...

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rayyeh 發表於 2017-5-31 09:20 PM

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Yes, exactly. It is a trend that Americans use more and more brand names nouns. They sometimes cou ...

I have once heard Dakota Johnson said "Zamboni Driver". I googled it and learnt that is the guy who drives a special car to resurface the ice for skate or hockey courts. The "Zamboni" is a brand name....

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謝謝版大的分享唷 ~!! 希望能一步一步邁進~~

ralphtw 發表於 2018-8-3 11:35 PM

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謝謝版大的分享唷 ~!! 希望能一步一步邁進~~

Thank you for the encourage. I will post more English questions which cannot get answer from google easily....

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