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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

A good sense of humor

Dear teachers,
1. Those guys have a good sense of humor.
2. Those guys have good sense of humor.
3. Those guys have good senses of humor.

When you are referring to multiple number of people, which of the above is/are considered to be correct.

Thank you.
  

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Only the first is correct to me. 3,d). They usually take an excellent car to travel.

  • Only the first is correct to me.
  • 3,d).
  • They usually take an excellent car to travel.
  • Those flowers are very beautiful.
  • You can choose a useful book.
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Only the first is correct to me. We use indefinite article before nouns are used in descriptions (Murphy, Unit 65.3,d).

They usually take an excellent car to travel.

Those flowers are very beautiful.

You can choose a useful book.
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AnonymousDear teachers,

1. Those guys have a good sense of humor.

2. Those guys have good sense of humor.

3. Those guys have good senses of humor.

When you are referring to multiple number of people, which of the above is/are considered to be correct.

Thank you.

#2 is simply
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 Fandorin and Philip,
Thank you. I'll stick with 'a good sense of humor.' 

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