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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
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Both red and blue balls

Hi. Let's say person A has a red ball and person B has a blue ball. And you want tell them to put both balls on the table. Is this correct? Thank you in advance for your help.

Please put both red and blue balls on the table.

  

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anonymous Is this correct? Please put both the red and (the) blue ***** on the table. I would add 'the', as shown above.

  • anonymous Is this correct?
  • Please put both the red and (the) blue ***** on the table.
  • I would add 'the', as shown above.
  • The second 'the' is optional.
  • Otherwise, your sentence is fine.
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anonymousIs this correct? ... Please put both the red and (the) blue ***** on the table.

I would add 'the', as shown above. The second 'the' is optional.

Otherwise, your sentence is fine.

CJ

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