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CAO Posted 23 years ago
Grammar

Another problem of plural

Example:
(1) The college students are from chemistry department and physical department.
(2) The college students are from chemistry and physical department.
(3) The college students are from chemistry and physical departments.

Is sentence (1) equal to sentence (2)?
Is sentence (3) correct?

Thanks for your explanation.
  

Top answer

Hello CAO, I think you mean physics. Chemistry and Physics. The two branches of science.

— Trellis

  • Hello CAO, I think you mean physics.
  • Chemistry and Physics.
  • The two branches of science.
  • Yes?
  • I would use: The college students are from the chemistry and physics departments.
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Hello CAO,

I think you mean physics.

Chemistry and Physics.
The two branches of science.
Yes?

I would use:

The college students are from the chemistry and physics departments.

or

The college students are from the chemistry and the physics departments.
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