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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Bird's eggs?

I have one question as below:

which is the correct answer if i wanna make a sentence like this: (a) There are some (bird eggs / bird's eggs/ birds' egg) in the nest. TQ
  

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"Bird's eggs" would be the correct answer, because they are eggs belonging to one bird. "Bird eggs" sounds wrong, and "birds' egg" makes it sound like there is one egg belonging to many birds. If you were talking about just one egg, you wouldn't say "there are some," so it must be the second choice.

— MKKenny

  • "Bird's eggs" would be the correct answer, because they are eggs belonging to one bird.
  • "Bird eggs" sounds wrong, and "birds' egg" makes it sound like there is one egg belonging to many birds.
  • If you were talking about just one egg, you wouldn't say "there are some," so it must be the second choice.
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"Bird's eggs" would be the correct answer, because they are eggs belonging to one bird.

"Bird eggs" sounds wrong, and "birds' egg" makes it sound like there is one egg belonging to many birds. If you were talking about just one egg, you wouldn't say "there are some," so it must be the second choice.
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First things first -- please, use "I want to" instead of "i wanna"!!

I would say "birds' eggs" -- I think the eggs belong to both the mother and the father bird!
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