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Kuljc03 Posted 21 years ago
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Both have..

This sentence is correct.. right?

We both have girlfriends. (NOT we both have a girlfriend)

We both grew up in a hectic background (NOT we both grew up in hectic backgrounds)
  

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Hi, All four are correct. Let's look at how the first pair of sentences are used. We both have girlfriends.

  • Hi, All four are correct.
  • Let's look at how the first pair of sentences are used.
  • We both have girlfriends.
  • This can mean each of us has one girlfriend, or more than one.
  • It's unclear which.
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Hi,

All four are correct. Let's look at how the first pair of sentences are used.

We both have girlfriends. This can mean each of us has one girlfriend, or more than one. It's unclear which.

We both have a girlfriend. This can mean we each have one, or that we share one. Again, it's unclear. Usually, it means the

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