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Pen slide 883 Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Have a family and start a family

Hi teachers~

I am wondering if 'have a family' means 'start a family.'

Thanks in advance~~^^

  

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", would generally mean one of the following: You're married with children. You're single, but you have strong family ties with parents, siblings, and relatives. ", would generally mean one of the following: You're married with no children, but you want to have some.

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  • ", would generally mean one of the following: You're married with children.
  • You're single, but you have strong family ties with parents, siblings, and relatives.
  • ", would generally mean one of the following: You're married with no children, but you want to have some.
  • You're single, but you want to get married and have children.
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In the US, the sentence, "I have a family.", would generally mean one of the following:


You're married with children.

You're single, but you have strong family ties with parents, siblings, and relatives. (Some people in the US have no family (or no contact at all with family members) - there's just the individual himself.)


The sentence, "I want to start a family.",

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The sentences, "I want to have a family." and "I want to start a family.", generally mean the same thing:


You're single and want to get married and have children.

You're married with no children, but you want to have some.

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"Start a family" means that the wife and husband have decided to try to have their first baby.

"Have a family" means that the couple has one or more children.

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