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New2grammar Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

boxes

If there are two boxes labeled A and B and their sizes are different, how do you describe it in a concise sentence.

Here's my take:

1. The size of boxes A and box B is different.

2. The size of the two boxes, A and B, is different.

3. The sizes of boxes A and B are different.

4. The sizes of the two boxes, A and B, are different.

5. Boxes A and B have different sizes.

6. The two boxes, A and B, have different sizes.

Which of the above are idiomatic? If none, please suggest an idiomatic statement

Thanks in advance!
  

Top answer

The two boxes are different sizes or The two boxes are not the same size or Box A and B are not the same size.

— BarbaraPA

  • The two boxes are different sizes or The two boxes are not the same size or Box A and B are not the same size.
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The two boxes are different sizes or The two boxes are not the same size or Box A and Emotion: boxing B are not the same siz
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Just want to be really sure that "The size of the two boxes is different" and "The sizes of the two boxes are different" are grammatically wrong.
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The size of the two boxes is different is not grammatically wrong, but logically wrong. If each box has its own size, then there is not one size that they share.

The sizes of the two boxes are different this is okay grammatically too, but you could mean different from what was specified, or these two boxes are different from all the other (unmentioned) boxes, which are all
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