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Tostyle un Posted 8 years ago
Grammar
Basic English
Hello teachers,
Which is correct?
"Show some sympathy for the poor ones/on the poor ones."
I hear people using on when used show, so please let me know.
Thank you.
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"poor" is a special case where you use a single adjective to mean a whole group of people. You want this: Show some sympathy for the poor. CJ
- "poor" is a special case where you use a single adjective to mean a whole group of people.
- You want this: Show some sympathy for the poor.
- CJ
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"poor" is a special case where you use a single adjective to mean a whole group of people.
You want this:
Show some sympathy for the poor.
CJ
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