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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Grammar
Two pedantic questions:
In this dialog: "We've got three chairs, do we need more?" "No, three's enough".
Why is it correct to say "Three's enough"? "Three are enough" sounds wrong but should be right.
And what is the difference between, for example:
"The company buys building materials for the construction of roads" and "The company buys building materials for construction of roads".
I mean the article before the word construction.
Thanks.
In this dialog: "We've got three chairs, do we need more?" "No, three's enough".
Why is it correct to say "Three's enough"? "Three are enough" sounds wrong but should be right.
And what is the difference between, for example:
"The company buys building materials for the construction of roads" and "The company buys building materials for construction of roads".
I mean the article before the word construction.
Thanks.
Top answer
Regarding the chair example, the sentences should be separated first. We've got three chairs. Do we need more?
- Regarding the chair example, the sentences should be separated first.
- We've got three chairs.
- Do we need more?
- The reason "is" works well is because we are considering the whole quantity of chairs as a unit, the three chairs as a whole.
- But it is a good question.
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Regarding the chair example, the sentences should be separated first. We've got three chairs. Do we need more? The reason "is" works well is because we are considering the whole quantity of chairs as a unit, the three chairs as a whole. But it is a good question.
In the second example, you need "the." You could eliminate it if you said "for road construction."
In the second example, you need "the." You could eliminate it if you said "for road construction."
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