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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Asking in a Music Store
Hello,
A. Do you have Scissor Sisters?
B. Do you have The Beatles?
C. Do you have Michael Jackson?
D. Do you have 'I Know What You Did Last Summer'?
E. Do you have a Scissor Sisters?
F. Do you have a The Beatles?
G. Do you have a Michael Jackson?
H. Do you have an 'I Know What You Did Last Summer'?
I. Do you have a Scissor Sisters CD?
J. Do you have a The Beatles CD?
K. Do you have a Micheal Jackson CD?
L. Do you have an 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' CD?
M. Do you have a CD of Scissor Sisters?
N. Do you have a CD of The Beatles?
O. Do you have a CD of Michael Jackson?
P. Do you have a CD of 'I Know What You Did Last Summer'?
Suppose I'd like to ask the above in a music store, I wonder how I should say it. I gave different examples: Scissor Sisters (always in plural form), The Beatles (group name with 'the' always), Michael Jackson ( an artist name), and 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' (movie title).
1. Which of the above are possible?
2. Can I also say 'a copy of' instead of 'a CD of'?
3. Or can I say 'a CD copy of'?
4. Or should it be 'a CD for' instead of 'a CD of''?
5. In E to H, is it implied that it's a copy or a CD or a DVD of something?
6. Which are natural? Or how would a native speaker normally say it?
Thank you.
A. Do you have Scissor Sisters?
B. Do you have The Beatles?
C. Do you have Michael Jackson?
D. Do you have 'I Know What You Did Last Summer'?
E. Do you have a Scissor Sisters?
F. Do you have a The Beatles?
G. Do you have a Michael Jackson?
H. Do you have an 'I Know What You Did Last Summer'?
I. Do you have a Scissor Sisters CD?
J. Do you have a The Beatles CD?
K. Do you have a Micheal Jackson CD?
L. Do you have an 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' CD?
M. Do you have a CD of Scissor Sisters?
N. Do you have a CD of The Beatles?
O. Do you have a CD of Michael Jackson?
P. Do you have a CD of 'I Know What You Did Last Summer'?
Suppose I'd like to ask the above in a music store, I wonder how I should say it. I gave different examples: Scissor Sisters (always in plural form), The Beatles (group name with 'the' always), Michael Jackson ( an artist name), and 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' (movie title).
1. Which of the above are possible?
2. Can I also say 'a copy of' instead of 'a CD of'?
3. Or can I say 'a CD copy of'?
4. Or should it be 'a CD for' instead of 'a CD of''?
5. In E to H, is it implied that it's a copy or a CD or a DVD of something?
6. Which are natural? Or how would a native speaker normally say it?
Thank you.
Top answer
A. Do you have Scissor Sisters? B.
- A.
- Do you have Scissor Sisters?
- B.
- Do you have The Beatles?
- C.
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A. Do you have Scissor Sisters?
B. Do you have The Beatles?
C. Do you have Michael Jackson?
D. Do you have 'I Know What You Did Last Summer'?
E. Do you have a Scissor Sisters?
F. Do you have a The Beatles?
G. Do you have a Michael Jackson?
H. Do you have an 'I Know What You Did Last Summer'?
I. Do you h
B. Do you have The Beatles?
C. Do you have Michael Jackson?
D. Do you have 'I Know What You Did Last Summer'?
I. Do you h
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Thanks so much, CJ. That was really helpful.
Did you cross out sentence L because the movie title is too long to add the word 'CD' at the end that it sounds awkward? If not, why was it crossed out?
Did you cross out sentence L because the movie title is too long to add the word 'CD' at the end that it sounds awkward? If not, why was it crossed out?
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Anonymouswhy was it crossed out?
That grammatical pattern is not available for a title. When asking in terms of a title, you need "Do you have a CD of [title]?"
CJ
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