Can you check this?(in American English)

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Can you check if I'm thinking correct?(In American English)

When someone has gave me a bunch of magazine and after that he calls me and asks me to find the blue magazine, is it correct to say:I can't find the blue one I only foud the red one?If there is so many magazines from the same color we would put (a) before red and blue,right?

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CalifJim · Accepted Answer

bassaAmerican English

Good work! You didn't add "Language" there!

bassaWhen someone has ~~gave~~ given me a bunch of magazines and after that he calls me and asks me to find the blue magazine, is it correct to say: I can't find the blue one. I only found the red one?

Yes. That's correct. (I assume that there's only one blue one and one red one in the bunch of magazines.)

bassaIf there is are ~~so many~~ a lot of magazines ~~from~~ of the same color we would put ~~(a)~~ "a" before red and blue, right?

Yes. If there are a lot of red magazines and a lot of blue magazines, and you are asked to find a blue magazine, then you can pick any blue magazine you want. If you can't find any blue magazine at all, then you can say, "I can't find a blue one, but I found a red one". Or you can say, "I can't find a blue one, but I found some red ones". Or you can say, "I can't find any blue ones, but I found a lot of red ones".

CJ

Don't forget to mark words you are talking about with quotes " .... ", not with parentheses ( ... ).

CJ

Bassa · Answer

Thanks:)

that is very helpful

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