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Anirban Samadder Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

english grammar .

both a and b 's english is/are bad ,so english and sign language it was/were.
so, which one is correct?
my pick would be to opt for the singular form in both of the instances.
  

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Hi Anirban; Welcome to English forums! Is this what you mean? Jane's and Jim's (their) English is bad, so they communicated in both English and sign language.

  • Hi Anirban; Welcome to English forums!
  • Is this what you mean?
  • Jane's and Jim's (their) English is bad, so they communicated in both English and sign language.
  • It was both English and sign language that they used to communicate.
  • Please note that proper names and sentences begin with capital letters.
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Hi Anirban;

Welcome to English forums!

Is this what you mean?

Jane's and Jim's (their) English is bad, so they communicated in both English and sign language.
It was both English and sign language that they used to communicate.

Please note that proper names and sentences begin with capital letters.
"a and b" means the first two letters of the English a

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