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Musicgold Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Are we out of the copies?



Hi,



Is the following sentence natural? I am talking about the copies of a report.



“Are we out of the copies? We should print some more."



Thanks,



MG.
  

Top answer

Hi, Is the following sentence natural? I am talking about the copies of a report. “Are we out of the copies ?

— Clive

  • Hi, Is the following sentence natural?
  • I am talking about the copies of a report.
  • “Are we out of the copies ?
  • " It's OK.
  • If people know you are talking about the report, you could omit 'the'.
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Hi,

Is the following sentence natural? I am talking about the copies of a report.

“Are we out of the copies? We should print some more."



It's OK.



If people know you are talking about the report, you could omit 'the'.



If you are talking about photo-copies, use 'make' instead of 'print'.
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Thanks Clive.

How about this one?

Are we out of copies of the GE report?
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