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Teo Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
chicken or chicken's
0 1. a chicken/goos/duck egg 02 br
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00 2. a chicken's/goose's/duck's egg 02 br
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00 Which expression is correct, #1 or #2? 0-
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00 2. a chicken's/goose's/duck's egg 02 br
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02 br 02 br 00 As a general rule, when we talk of eggs in a cooking context, it is hens' eggs that we mean. We qualify with 01 b 00 goose 02 b 00 or 01 b 00 duck 02 b 00 if this kind of egg is required. 0-
- 02 br 02 br 00 As a general rule, when we talk of eggs in a cooking context, it is hens' eggs that we mean.
- We qualify with 01 b 00 goose 02 b 00 or 01 b 00 duck 02 b 00 if this kind of egg is required.
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0 I think it depends on your context. 02 br
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00 "Take a chicken/duck/goose egg, break it into the pan..." = a specific type of egg 02 br
00 "Can you describe a goose's egg to me?" = describing the egg characteristic of that species. 02 br
02 br
00 As a general rule, when we talk of eggs in a cooking context, it is hens' eggs that we mean. We qualify
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00 "Take a chicken/duck/goose egg, break it into the pan..." = a specific type of egg 02 br
00 "Can you describe a goose's egg to me?" = describing the egg characteristic of that species. 02 br
02 br
00 As a general rule, when we talk of eggs in a cooking context, it is hens' eggs that we mean. We qualify
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