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Onizo Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Douh-them
You have colorful Play-doh balls out of containers. Is the following sentence correct for this scene?
Collect all the doh and put them in their own containers?
Thank you.
Collect all the doh and put them in their own containers?
Thank you.
Top answer
Collect all the Play- doh and put it back in the containers .
- Collect all the Play- doh and put it back in the containers .
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Thank you, Alphecca.
How about the possesive pronoun infront of the containers? Is it its or theirs? Each has to go to its proper container.
How about the possesive pronoun infront of the containers? Is it its or theirs? Each has to go to its proper container.
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Thank you. Alphecca.
So, put it back in their containers is ok, but put them back in their containers is not ok, is that it?
So, put it back in their containers is ok, but put them back in their containers is not ok, is that it?
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onizoSo, put it back in their containers is ok, but put them back in their containers is not ok, is that it?The problem is that Play-doh is not countable (so it cannot be plural), but container is. That's why I avoided the problem in my original answer.
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