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Mack&Mack Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
Both are wearing a hat or hats.
0 Hi, helpers. I've got a question regarding plurals. 02 br
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00 1. I saw two men working on the field. Both of them are wearing 00 01 font 00 a hat or hats?? 02 font 02 br
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00 If hats are correct, how can I tell if one person is wearing a hat or more than one hat? Like in the sentence, 02 br
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00 2. I saw girls holding flowers. <- Can this sentence mean that all the girls I am pointing are holding more than 2 flowers? 02 br
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00 Thank you. I really appreciate your answer in advance. 02 br
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00 1. I saw two men working on the field. Both of them are wearing 00 01 font 00 a hat or hats?? 02 font 02 br
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01 font 02 font 02 br
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00 If hats are correct, how can I tell if one person is wearing a hat or more than one hat? Like in the sentence, 02 br
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00 2. I saw girls holding flowers. <- Can this sentence mean that all the girls I am pointing are holding more than 2 flowers? 02 br
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00 Thank you. I really appreciate your answer in advance. 02 br
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0 Both sound correct, it depends if you want to focus on each hat or the group of hats. However, let's put it in the negative: 02 br 02 br 00 The baseball players are not wearing (a hat / hats). In this case, "a hat" doesn't sound right.
- 0 Both sound correct, it depends if you want to focus on each hat or the group of hats.
- However, let's put it in the negative: 02 br 02 br 00 The baseball players are not wearing (a hat / hats).
- In this case, "a hat" doesn't sound right.
- 02 br 02 br 00 The next thing has to do with each individual.
- In your flower example, one girl could be holding 3 flowers, another 4 flowers, etc...
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0 Both sound correct, it depends if you want to focus on each hat or the group of hats. However, let's put it in the negative: 02 br
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00 The baseball players are not wearing (a hat / hats). In this case, "a hat" doesn't sound right. 02 br
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00 The next thing has to do with each individual. In your flower example, one girl could be holding 3 flowers,
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00 The baseball players are not wearing (a hat / hats). In this case, "a hat" doesn't sound right. 02 br
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00 The next thing has to do with each individual. In your flower example, one girl could be holding 3 flowers,
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01 i 00 Each of them was wearing (two, three, ..., several, ... ) hats. 02 i 00 (More than one hat for each man.) 02 br
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00 I saw two men working on the field. 12 blockquote11 i 00 Each of them was wearing a hat. 02 i 00 (One hat for each man.) 02 br
01 i 00 Each of them was wearing (two, three, ..., several, ... ) hats. 02 i 00 (More than one hat for each man.) 02 br
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