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Nakool Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Century or centuries

1)The magnificent ___ temple was contructed by the chinese

a)eight-centuries-old
2)eight-century's-old
3)Old-eight centuries
4)Eight-century-old

Ans:-4

Can anyone pls tell me the diff between century and centuries?
Where should we use centuries?

2)The rich parents decided to send their two sons to eton,the strong hold of the ____ of the rich.

a)parents
b)ancestory
c)pedigree
d)progeny

Ans:-d
Can anyone please illustrate it?

Thanks in advance
  

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1 - OK. Use 'century' when it is an adjective; use 'centuries' when it is a noun: The 8-century old temple / The temples is 8 centuries old A 10-minute coffee break / A coffee break of 10 minutes 2 - E ton, the stronghold Nakool Can anyone please illustrate it? Illustrate what?

— Mister Micawber

  • 1 - OK.
  • Use 'century' when it is an adjective; use 'centuries' when it is a noun: The 8-century old temple / The temples is 8 centuries old A 10-minute coffee break / A coffee break of 10 minutes 2 - E ton, the stronghold Nakool Can anyone please illustrate it?
  • Illustrate what?
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1 - OK. Use 'century' when it is an adjective; use 'centuries' when it is a noun:

The 8-century old temple / The temples is 8 centuries old
A 10-minute coffee break / A coffee break of 10 minutes

2 - Eton, the stronghold
NakoolCan anyone please illustrate it?
Illustrate what? The progeny of the rich?—
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Thanks mister,

for #2.Cant we use ancestory?
Progeny means the young ones
and ancestry means "http://www.macmillandictionary.com/search/british/direct/?q=the http://w
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Rich people's children go to Eton. Their ancestors may or may not have gone.

If I become very rich, I can can send my children to a fancy school. I can't change where my great-great-grandparents went to school.
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