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Stevenukd Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

EAR-HOLES

Dear Teachers,

1. When did you have your ear-holes pierced?

2. When did you pierce your ear-holes?

- Are these ok to say?

Thanks very much to Teachers,

Stevenukd.
  

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Stevenukd Dear Teachers, 1. When did you have your ear-holes pierced? 2.

  • Stevenukd Dear Teachers, 1.
  • When did you have your ear-holes pierced?
  • 2.
  • When did you pierce your ear-holes?
  • - Are these ok to say?
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StevenukdDear Teachers,

1. When did you have your ear-holes pierced?

2. When did you pierce your ear-holes?

- Are these ok to say?

Thanks very much to Teachers,

Stevenukd.
Pierce = make a hole. Therefore: when did you pierce your ears?
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Philip - confess! You've got two piercings in your left ear, don't you? Emotion: stick out tongue
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The earhole is the actual hole in the middle of your ear - the bit you hear through. You can't pierce a hole through a hole! [:^)]

We talk about pierced ears, not pierced ear holes.

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