Dresses of any color
1) We can make dresses of any color for you.
2) We can make dresses of any colors for you.
Is '2' correct?
Isn't '1' ambiguous? Maybe you can choose one color and all the dresses will be that color or maybe you can order dresses of different colors.
Gratefully,
Navi
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navitasan Is '2' correct? No. Its meaning is clear enough, but it sounds odd, and its meaning is not the same as in the first one.
- navitasan Is '2' correct?
- No.
- Its meaning is clear enough, but it sounds odd, and its meaning is not the same as in the first one.
- It means that you can make dresses that have more than one color in them.
- navitasan Isn't '1' ambiguous?
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navitasanIs '2' correct?
No. Its meaning is clear enough, but it sounds odd, and its meaning is not the same as in the first one. It means that you can make dresses that have more than one color in them.
navitasanIsn't '1' ambiguous?
No. Even logically it can only mean that you can make as many or as few dresses as
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