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Vincent Teo Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
A cloth / a clothes
Can I say,
She covered the table with a cloth.
She covered the table with a clothes.
She covered the table with a cloth.
She covered the table with a clothes.
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Hi VT Vincent Teo Can I say, She covered the table with a cloth. Yes Vincent Teo She covered the table with a clothes. No.
- Hi VT Vincent Teo Can I say, She covered the table with a cloth.
- Yes Vincent Teo She covered the table with a clothes.
- No.
- You have two mistakes there: (1) The word "clothes" is grammatically plural, so that means you cannot say "a clothes".
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Hi VT
(1) The word "clothes" is grammatically plural, so that means you cannot say "a clothes".
(2) Clothes are things that people wear -- e.g. jeans, dresse
Vincent TeoCan I say,Yes
She covered the table with a cloth.
Vincent TeoShe covered the table with a clothes.No. You have two mistakes there:
(1) The word "clothes" is grammatically plural, so that means you cannot say "a clothes".
(2) Clothes are things that people wear -- e.g. jeans, dresse
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Hi
She covered the table with a (table) cloth - OK
She covered the table witha clothes - this is possible if you mean that clothing was used to cover the table.
She covered the table with a (table) cloth - OK
She covered the table with
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Thanks. But I check the dictionary that "cloth" is uncountable, so do we say "a cloth" or "a peice of cloth"?
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Hi
She covered the table with a clothes - this is possible if you mean that clothing was used to cover the table.
In the sentence above there should be no indefinite article in front of 'clothes'. I had struck it through and made it bold, but for some reason neither format is showing.
The sentence should read:
She covered the table with clothes.
Cloth
She covered the table with a clothes - this is possible if you mean that clothing was used to cover the table.
In the sentence above there should be no indefinite article in front of 'clothes'. I had struck it through and made it bold, but for some reason neither format is showing.
The sentence should read:
She covered the table with clothes.
Cloth
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I agree that if she decided to put a lot of clothing/apparel on a table for some reason, you might say something such as "She covered the table with (some/her/a lot of) clothes."
That is naturally quite different from saying "She covered the table with a cloth."
"A cloth" is basically just a piece of fabric, and as has been noted, the plural form is "cloths".
That is naturally quite different from saying "She covered the table with a cloth."
"A cloth" is basically just a piece of fabric, and as has been noted, the plural form is "cloths".
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