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ConnieUS Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Combined
Suppose there are 7 apples, 7 oranges and 6 bananas on a table. If I want to talk about the number of individual fruits:
"There are 20 apples, oranges and bananas combined."
"There are a combined 20 apples, oranges and bananas."
Are these acceptable?
"There are 20 apples, oranges and bananas combined."
"There are a combined 20 apples, oranges and bananas."
Are these acceptable?
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There is a much simpler way of saying this: There are 20 pieces of fruit on the table.
- There is a much simpler way of saying this: There are 20 pieces of fruit on the table.
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There is a much simpler way of saying this:
There are 20 pieces of fruit on the table.
There are 20 pieces of fruit on the table.
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Thank you for your reply, khoff!
So, this would be wrong too:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1_Abrams#Operators
"United States Army and United States Marine Corps have approximately 8,725 M1, M1A1 and M1A2 variants combined in inventory."
So, this would be wrong too:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1_Abrams#Operators
"United States Army and United States Marine Corps have approximately 8,725 M1, M1A1 and M1A2 variants combined in inventory."
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