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Englishuser Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary
fifteen men in a word
Hello,
Does the below sentence make sense to anyone?
We were fifteen men in a word.
Does the below sentence make sense to anyone?
We were fifteen men in a word.
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Englishuser Hello, Does the below sentence make sense to anyone? We were fifteen men in a word. Not at all.
- Englishuser Hello, Does the below sentence make sense to anyone?
- We were fifteen men in a word.
- Not at all.
- Perhaps context would help.
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EnglishuserHello,Not at all. Perhaps context would help.
Does the below sentence make sense to anyone?
We were fifteen men in a word.
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EnglishuserHello,Could it have been in a ward?
Does the below sentence make sense to anyone?
We were fifteen men in a word.
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"In a word" can mean "in conclusion", or "in summary", or "to sum up", e.g. (from Google):
1. The rental market in the DC metro area is, in a word, godawful.
You would usually separate it from the rest of the sentence with a comma:
2. We were fifteen men, in a word.
So if the sentence follows e.g. an enumeration of the men, or a list of who they were, it makes
1. The rental market in the DC metro area is, in a word, godawful.
You would usually separate it from the rest of the sentence with a comma:
2. We were fifteen men, in a word.
So if the sentence follows e.g. an enumeration of the men, or a list of who they were, it makes
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MrPedantic2. We were fifteen men, in a word.Yes! You just need to remember the comma!
So if the sentence follows e.g. an enumeration of the men, or a list of who they were, it makes sense.
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