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Omar Ahmed Posted 3 years ago
Grammar
Correct or not?
A student cannot spend all their time studying their lessons only.
Is the sentence above correct? Shouldn't it be " A student cannot spend all his/her time...."?
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Omar Ahmed Is the sentence above correct? Yes, but I would delete the adverb. A student cannot spend all their time studying their lessons.
- Omar Ahmed Is the sentence above correct?
- Yes, but I would delete the adverb.
- A student cannot spend all their time studying their lessons.
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Omar AhmedIs the sentence above correct?
Yes, but I would delete the adverb.
A student cannot spend all their time studying their lessons.
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Omar AhmedA student cannot spend all their time studying their lessons only.
This is not something that all native speakers know. It would be helpful if you had another way of putting it.
Omar Ahmedhis/her
While this is possible, it's often wordy. There are many situations when genders are not known or, there is n
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