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Darcy Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
Heart and Hearts
0 * Country music reflects the hearts and minds and soul of American people. * 02 br
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00 <1>What is the difference between heart and hearts, mind and minds? 02 br
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00 <2> Is the number <1> question grammatically correct? 0-
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00 <1>What is the difference between heart and hearts, mind and minds? 02 br
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00 <2> Is the number <1> question grammatically correct? 0-
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02 br 02 br 00 The plurals of all three would refer to all the individual hearts/minds/souls of all the people. 02 br 02 br 00 I think your question <1> should set off the four words in question, either with quotes or italics. ) 0-
- 02 br 02 br 00 The plurals of all three would refer to all the individual hearts/minds/souls of all the people.
- 02 br 02 br 00 I think your question <1> should set off the four words in question, either with quotes or italics.
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0 "hearts and minds" is a very popular fixed idiom these days re discussions of strategy in Iraq, and uses plurals in that case. 02 br
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00 Darcy's example implies that the American people may have a common soul, assuming the singular was used deliberately. 02 br
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00 The plurals of all three would refer to all the individual hearts/minds/souls of all the p
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00 Darcy's example implies that the American people may have a common soul, assuming the singular was used deliberately. 02 br
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00 The plurals of all three would refer to all the individual hearts/minds/souls of all the p
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0 Thanks for your reply 02 br
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00 I think both heart and mind are abstract nouns. I wonder why they can be plural nouns and countable ones. 02 br
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00 It is said that if asbtract nouns are added -s ending; changed into countable nouns, abstract nouns changes to a common noun and their meaning is changed.. I wonder if this applies to the example sentence I
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00 I think both heart and mind are abstract nouns. I wonder why they can be plural nouns and countable ones. 02 br
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00 It is said that if asbtract nouns are added -s ending; changed into countable nouns, abstract nouns changes to a common noun and their meaning is changed.. I wonder if this applies to the example sentence I
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0 To the extent that you can hold a heart in your hand, it differs from the mind and the soul (assuming that mind does not equal brain). So you wish to talk about "heart" in the abstract. The soul seems to be an intangible concept by definition. The mind means different things to philosophers, psychologists, and biologists. 02 br
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00 If it's not too sensitive an issue, thi
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00 If it's not too sensitive an issue, thi
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