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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
At their younger ages?
Hello great teachers,
I have a question about choices between plural and singular forms.
Some English-native told me that I should use relevant nouns in a plural form when I create a sentence which begins with a plural subject.
For example,
"Team members who are fluent in English should be assigned as coordinators."
In this case, we should probably say "coordinators" rather than "a coordinator."
How about the sentence below?
"They should start learning English at their younger ages."
When I googled both "at their younger age" and "at their younger ages," I found that "at their younger age" was more commonly used. Additionally, should I omit "their"?
I have a question about choices between plural and singular forms.
Some English-native told me that I should use relevant nouns in a plural form when I create a sentence which begins with a plural subject.
For example,
"Team members who are fluent in English should be assigned as coordinators."
In this case, we should probably say "coordinators" rather than "a coordinator."
How about the sentence below?
"They should start learning English at their younger ages."
When I googled both "at their younger age" and "at their younger ages," I found that "at their younger age" was more commonly used. Additionally, should I omit "their"?
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Hi, I have a question about choices between plural and singular forms. Some English-native told me that I should use relevant nouns in a plural form when I create a sentence which begins with a plural subject. Generally speaking, that's good advice, but not always.
- Hi, I have a question about choices between plural and singular forms.
- Some English-native told me that I should use relevant nouns in a plural form when I create a sentence which begins with a plural subject.
- Generally speaking, that's good advice, but not always.
- Please see my comment below about your 'age' example.
- " How about the sentence below?
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Hi,
I have a question about choices between plural and singular forms.
Some English-native told me that I should use relevant nouns in a plural form when I create a sentence which begins with a plural subject. Generally speaking, that's good advice, but not always. Please see my comment below about your 'age' example.
For example,
"Team
I have a question about choices between plural and singular forms.
Some English-native told me that I should use relevant nouns in a plural form when I create a sentence which begins with a plural subject. Generally speaking, that's good advice, but not always. Please see my comment below about your 'age' example.
For example,
"Team
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Hello Clive,
Thank you for the comment!
I think you are a very nice teacher.
>I found very few Google hits for either of these phrases. Be careful when you get so few, >because it commonly means it's wrong or unnatural.
You're right. I got very few hits on google, and I wondered it.
We say like "I look my age," "If you were at my age, you would
Thank you for the comment!
I think you are a very nice teacher.
>I found very few Google hits for either of these phrases. Be careful when you get so few, >because it commonly means it's wrong or unnatural.
You're right. I got very few hits on google, and I wondered it.
We say like "I look my age," "If you were at my age, you would
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Hi,
You're welcome.
"If you were at my age, you would understand my feelings."
Clive
You're welcome.
"If you were
Clive
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