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Vincent Teo Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
7 red and white
How many stripes are there? 7 red and white stripes? or 14 red and white stripes?
(a) There are all together 7 red and white stripes on the flag.
(a) There are all together 7 red and white stripes on the flag.
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Hi VT If you want to avoid any possible confusion, you could say this: There are all together 7 red and 7 white stripes on the flag. By the way, which flag are you referring to? )
- Hi VT If you want to avoid any possible confusion, you could say this: There are all together 7 red and 7 white stripes on the flag.
- By the way, which flag are you referring to?
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Hi VT
If you want to avoid any possible confusion, you could say this:
There are all together 7 red and 7 white stripes on the flag.
By the way, which flag are you referring to? (Or is it just a theoretical flag?)
If you want to avoid any possible confusion, you could say this:
There are all together 7 red and 7 white stripes on the flag.
By the way, which flag are you referring to? (Or is it just a theoretical flag?)
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A similar question: There are two men on either side of the door = four men? There are two men on both sides of the door = four men? Or one each? (I think two on each and four total.) But this can be imprecise.
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