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Believer Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
Are they being talked about in terms of their quality and nature?
I have this sentence and want to ask you if the words 'juice', 'soda', and 'cheese are being used (or are used) as their quality or nature.
I am going to the restaurant and get juice, soda and cheese.
(Should I put commas inside the parentheses (for the words juice, soda and cheese) for my question, if I want to follow the American rule?)
I am going to the restaurant and get juice, soda and cheese.
(Should I put commas inside the parentheses (for the words juice, soda and cheese) for my question, if I want to follow the American rule?)
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Hello Believer I'm not sure how the question can relate to their quality; so I would say "nature". Their nature is "food and drink", and that's what you're getting them for. By the way, I would say: 1.
- Hello Believer I'm not sure how the question can relate to their quality; so I would say "nature".
- Their nature is "food and drink", and that's what you're getting them for.
- By the way, I would say: 1.
- I am going to the restaurant to get juice, soda, and cheese.
- As you say, the last comma is optional.
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Hello Believer
I'm not sure how the question can relate to their quality; so I would say "nature". Their nature is "food and drink", and that's what you're getting them for.
By the way, I would say:
1. I am going to the restaurant to get juice, soda, and cheese.
As you say, the last comma is optional. Most BrE writers omit it these days; but it does seem
I'm not sure how the question can relate to their quality; so I would say "nature". Their nature is "food and drink", and that's what you're getting them for.
By the way, I would say:
1. I am going to the restaurant to get juice, soda, and cheese.
As you say, the last comma is optional. Most BrE writers omit it these days; but it does seem
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Their quality or nature?
No, not that I can see, unless you mean that it is 'their nature' to be substances.
What makes you ask?
These are uncountable nouns. Their referents are substances, so indefinite quantities are implied - to get some juice, some soda, and some cheese.
CJ
No, not that I can see, unless you mean that it is 'their nature' to be substances.
What makes you ask?
These are uncountable nouns. Their referents are substances, so indefinite quantities are implied - to get some juice, some soda, and some cheese.
CJ
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Thank you, CJ.
I think you know already that the nouns, juice, soda, and cheese, are variable nouns (I think they are) and the original sentence I used to post the original post had no articles in front ot those variable nouns. That is why I asked whether the uncountable side of their variable nature is at play.
(rewriting of the original sentence)
I am going to the rest
I think you know already that the nouns, juice, soda, and cheese, are variable nouns (I think they are) and the original sentence I used to post the original post had no articles in front ot those variable nouns. That is why I asked whether the uncountable side of their variable nature is at play.
(rewriting of the original sentence)
I am going to the rest
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