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Henry74 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
American writers' journals
Instead of, say, American writers' journals are usually concise can I say an American writer's journals are usually concise or do I have to turn everything into the singular, an American writer's journal is usually concise?
(My vote goes to the latter, but I thought I'd ask, just to be sure)
Thank you
H.
(My vote goes to the latter, but I thought I'd ask, just to be sure)
Thank you
H.
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Hi, Instead of, say, American writers' journals are usually concise can I say an American writer's journals are usually concise or do I have to turn everything into the singular, an American writer's journal is usually concise ? (My vote goes to the latter, Yes. Unless you mean that a typical American writer has more than one journal.
- Hi, Instead of, say, American writers' journals are usually concise can I say an American writer's journals are usually concise or do I have to turn everything into the singular, an American writer's journal is usually concise ?
- (My vote goes to the latter, Yes.
- Unless you mean that a typical American writer has more than one journal.
- but I thought I'd ask, just to be sure) Clive
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Hi,
Instead of, say, American writers' journals are usually concise can I say an American writer's journals are usually concise or do I have to turn everything into the singular, an American writer's journal is usually concise?
(My vote goes to the latter, Yes. Unless you mean that a typical A
Instead of, say, American writers' journals are usually concise can I say an American writer's journals are usually concise or do I have to turn everything into the singular, an American writer's journal is usually concise?
(My vote goes to the latter, Yes. Unless you mean that a typical A
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Hi,
So, what you're saying is that if that was what I actually meant (i.e. that your tyical American writer has more than one journal) then the sentence would be grammatically correct. Is that it?
The reason I'm asking is that my rusty non-native ear was hearing an evidently non-existent friction between the singular an and the plural journals.
(Similarly c
So, what you're saying is that if that was what I actually meant (i.e. that your tyical American writer has more than one journal) then the sentence would be grammatically correct. Is that it?
The reason I'm asking is that my rusty non-native ear was hearing an evidently non-existent friction between the singular an and the plural journals.
(Similarly c
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Hi,
So, what you're saying is that if that was what I actually meant (i.e. that your tyical American writer has more than one journal) then the sentence would be grammatically correct. Is that it? Yes.
It's no different than 'an American writer's fingers'.
The reason I'm asking is that my rusty non-nativ
So, what you're saying is that if that was what I actually meant (i.e. that your tyical American writer has more than one journal) then the sentence would be grammatically correct. Is that it? Yes.
It's no different than 'an American writer's fingers'.
The reason I'm asking is that my rusty non-nativ
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