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Navitasan Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
A clean shirt and trousers
Can one use:
1-a clean shirt and trousers
instead of:
a clean shirt and clean trousers
Can one use:
2-a clean cowboy hat and boots
instead of:
a clean cowboy hat and clean cowboy boots
or
a clean cowboy hat and clean boots
Can one use:
3-an original painting and books
instead of:
an original painting and original books.
Gratefully,
Navi.
1-a clean shirt and trousers
instead of:
a clean shirt and clean trousers
Can one use:
2-a clean cowboy hat and boots
instead of:
a clean cowboy hat and clean cowboy boots
or
a clean cowboy hat and clean boots
Can one use:
3-an original painting and books
instead of:
an original painting and original books.
Gratefully,
Navi.
Top answer
1. Yes. It's a common combination of words.
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- Yes.
- It's a common combination of words.
- 2.
- Only the long version is free of ambiguity.
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1. Yes. It's a common combination of words.
2. Only the long version is free of ambiguity.
3. What do you mean by 'original books'?
2. Only the long version is free of ambiguity.
3. What do you mean by 'original books'?
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Thank you very much Clive,
I am sorry. My example was bad.
I should have probably said 'original stories'.
I just wanted something that did not normally go with 'painting'.
Is this one ambiguous as well:
4-a new shirt and a pair of shoes
I think 'new' only modifies 'shirt' here.
I am sorry. My example was bad.
I should have probably said 'original stories'.
I just wanted something that did not normally go with 'painting'.
Is this one ambiguous as well:
4-a new shirt and a pair of shoes
I think 'new' only modifies 'shirt' here.
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