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Sm8910 Posted 13 years ago
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grammar
Your managers must quickly learn to get the monkey off their back or backs?
which one is correct-- back or backs. pls also explain why. thanks
which one is correct-- back or backs. pls also explain why. thanks
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For consistency, I’d keep everything plural. Your managers must quickly learn to get the monkeys off their backs .
- For consistency, I’d keep everything plural.
- Your managers must quickly learn to get the monkeys off their backs .
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For consistency, I’d keep everything plural.
Your managers must quickly learn to get the monkeys off their backs.
Your managers must quickly learn to get the monkeys off their backs.
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I have another opinion to offer.
The standard idiom is 'get the monkey off one's back'. This idiom is so well-established that it sounds to my ear a bit odd to speak of the plural 'monkeys'.
I'd just say Your managers must quickly learn to get the monkey off their
The standard idiom is 'get the monkey off one's back'. This idiom is so well-established that it sounds to my ear a bit odd to speak of the plural 'monkeys'.
I'd just say Your managers must quickly learn to get the monkey off their
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yes, i know its meaning. now i'm confused, which one is right 
although, now that you have said it, use of monkeys does seem odd.
although, now that you have said it, use of monkeys does seem odd.0
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