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Navitasan Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

At least one

Pete, Harry, Mike, George and Patrick work in Los Angeles, San Diego and Santa Barbara. There are five people for three cities. Therefore:

1) There is more than one person per city.
2) There is at least one city where more than one of the people mentioned works.
3) Some of the people mentioned work in a common city.
4) There is at least one city where there works more than one of the people mentioned.
5) There is at least one city where there are more than one of the people mentioned working.

Which of the above sentences work in this context?

Is there any other way to express the idea?

Gratefully,
Navi.
  

Top answer

navitasan Which of the above sentences work in this context? 1) There is more than one person per city. OK 2) There is at least one city where more than one of the people mentioned works .

— CalifJim

  • navitasan Which of the above sentences work in this context?
  • 1) There is more than one person per city.
  • OK 2) There is at least one city where more than one of the people mentioned works .
  • OK, but the end is awkward.
  • 3) Some of the people mentioned work in a common city.
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navitasanWhich of the above sentences work in this context?
1) There is more than one person per city. OK
2) There is at least one city where more than one of the people mentioned works. OK, but the end is awkward.
3) Some of the people mentioned work in a common city. OK
4) Th
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Thank you very much, Jim,

OK. I see what you mean. But I am examining sentences that are in the grammatical twilight zone.

Now, just to make sure:

3) Some of the people mentioned work in a common city.

does not necessarily mean that there is only one common city, does it?

3a) Some of the p
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navitasanOr maybe the whole thing is unclear.
As my logic teacher once said, any proposition that includes "maybe" is automatically true.
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Thank you very very much, Jim,

Well, to me, when I hear 'Some of the people mentioned work in the same city.' I just think ONE CITY. So if I heard that sentence in that context, I would probably imagine that there are three people in one city and one person in each of the other ones.

But maybe I have lived in the Twilight Zone too long!!!

Thanks again.
Navi.
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navitasanWell, to me, when I hear 'Some of the people mentioned work in the same city.' I just think ONE CITY.
But you don't think that with "in a common city", apparently. Hmmmmm.

CJ
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Thank you very much, CalifJim.

I was not sure about 'common'. But 'same' for me is a strong word!!
I get it now. I have to reset the machine!! It won't be the same any more!!

Gratefully,
Navi.
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