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Vincent Teo Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
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Do we say,
(a) The king and queen / the queen live in a palace.
(b) There is a / the king and (the) queen who live in a palace.
(a) The king and queen / the queen live in a palace.
(b) There is a / the king and (the) queen who live in a palace.
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You can say the king and queen live in a palace. One the is enough for both nouns in the phrase. It's the same with a, however, the second sentence sounds a bit unnatural.
- You can say the king and queen live in a palace.
- One the is enough for both nouns in the phrase.
- It's the same with a, however, the second sentence sounds a bit unnatural.
- It would be better phrased, A king and queen live in the palace.
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You can say the king and queen live in a palace. One the is enough for both nouns in the phrase. 
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