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Taka Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

a couple of questions

0 01i01u01font00I02font01font00n those days02font02u01font00,01sub00102sub02font00 most of the women couldn't get out of 01font01u00their home/homes02u01sub00202sub02font00 and leave 01u01font00t02font01font00heir family/families02font02u01font01sub00302sub02font00 there.02br
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00About #1, is the preposition 'in' a must? Or is 'Those days, most of the women...' also acceptable.02br
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00About #2 and #3, which form should they be; singular or plural?0-
  

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0 Hi Taka02br
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01b01i00In02i02b01i00 those days02i00 followed by either singular or plural.02br
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0 1. 01b00In02b00 is required in formal speech.02br
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0 What would be the connotation behind if the singular form was used instead of the plural form and vice versa?0-
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01cite10Taka12cite10What would be the connotation behind if the singular form was used instead of the plural form and vice versa?12br
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10Hi Taka02br
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00You are very hard to please! 05000 I think I have mentioned this in an earlier post somewhere:02br
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01cite10Cool Breeze12cite10You are very hard to please! 15012br
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10LOL! To most of the users here on www.EnglishForward, it may seem that I'm really persistent, or even obsessive.02br
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00Believe it or not, I don't usually pay much attention to grammar, syntax
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01cite10Taka12cite10Then how do you apply that to home/family? I don't think 'the home11b10style 12b10of the women' and 'the family11b10style12b10 of the women' don't really make sense, or do they?12br
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10No, Taka, probably not. I think I'm liable to ge
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1font00Hi guys,02font02br
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01i01font01font01u00In those days02u00,02font01sub00102sub02font00 most of the women couldn't get out of 01font01u00their home/homes02u0
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0 Thanks for the great answer, Clive!02br
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00Can I ask one more?02br
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00If it were 'these days' instead of 'those days', how would this sound? 02br
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01i01font01font01u00I01font00n 02font00these days02u00
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0Hi,02br
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01font00Can I ask one more?00Sure. If there are no questions, I don't get paid, ha-ha, 05005105202br
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00If it were 'these days' instead of 'those days', how would this sound? 00Usually, we speak of the past as 'those days', because the 01i00distance02i00 from us is greater,
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01cite10Clive12cite11font10It sounds wrong, awkward, unnatural.12br
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10Really?02br
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00What about these? These are from published books.02br
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