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Stephenlearner Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
Four persons vs eight persons
Hi,
Suppose two groups of people want to compete. A person from one group say:
We have four, but they have eight, so we can't win.
We are four, but they are eight, so we can't win.
Are the sentences in boldface natural to you?
Thank you.
Suppose two groups of people want to compete. A person from one group say:
We have four, but they have eight, so we can't win.
We are four, but they are eight, so we can't win.
Are the sentences in boldface natural to you?
Thank you.
Top answer
They are grammatical. The second is rather poetic nowadays. The natural would actually be: There are eight of them and only four of us, so we can't win!
- They are grammatical.
- The second is rather poetic nowadays.
- The natural would actually be: There are eight of them and only four of us, so we can't win!
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They are grammatical. The second is rather poetic nowadays. The natural would actually be:
There are eight of them and only four of us, so we can't win!
There are eight of them and only four of us, so we can't win!
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