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Believer Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
Help to resolve the confusion
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00 Sometimes I get confused whether a sentence is saying two things or one thing when a noun is preceded by what seem to be two adjectives of two different items. 02 br
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00 Series is both the singular and plural form of the word. -- Here, I can see somewhat clearly that 'form' needs not be in plural because 'singular' and 'plural' acts like normal modifying adjectives of 'form'. 02 br
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00 We went for one chicken and one beef fijita platter. -- Here, 'one chicken' and 'one beef' seem to indicating two different platters and should be written as "We went for one chicken and one beef fajita platters." What do you think? 02 br
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00 They are in entertainment and hotel business. -- Here, to me, a case of normal modifying adjectives for the word 'business like the first example -- thus, no modification needed. 02 br
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00 Do you have some tips for this type of dilemma? 0-
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00 Sometimes I get confused whether a sentence is saying two things or one thing when a noun is preceded by what seem to be two adjectives of two different items. 02 br
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00 Series is both the singular and plural form of the word. -- Here, I can see somewhat clearly that 'form' needs not be in plural because 'singular' and 'plural' acts like normal modifying adjectives of 'form'. 02 br
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00 We went for one chicken and one beef fijita platter. -- Here, 'one chicken' and 'one beef' seem to indicating two different platters and should be written as "We went for one chicken and one beef fajita platters." What do you think? 02 br
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00 They are in entertainment and hotel business. -- Here, to me, a case of normal modifying adjectives for the word 'business like the first example -- thus, no modification needed. 02 br
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00 Do you have some tips for this type of dilemma? 0-
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0 Believer, 01 i 01 b 00 one 02 b 00 ... platter 01 b 00 s 02 b 02 i 00 is out of the question. For your second sentence, I would say: 01 i 00 They are in 01 b 00 the 02 b 00 entertainment and hotel business.
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- platter 01 b 00 s 02 b 02 i 00 is out of the question.
- For your second sentence, I would say: 01 i 00 They are in 01 b 00 the 02 b 00 entertainment and hotel business.
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0 Believer, 01 i 01 b 00 one 02 b 00 ... platter 01 b 00 s 02 b 02 i 00 is out of the question. For your second sentence, I would say: 01 i 00 They are in 01 b 00 the 02 b 00 entertainment and hotel business. 02 i 00 (Not: 01 i 00 businesses 02 i 00 ) I can't think of any advice at the moment. 02 br
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0 Thank you, CoolBreeze. 02 br
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00 I think you are right. If you have a sentence like this, how would you know it is talking about two hats or one hat with two colors, red and yellow? Normally, one would go for 'one red and yellow hat' but can it also be looked at as 'a red hat and a yellow hat'? 02 br
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00 I bought a red and yellow hat at Believer's last
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00 I think you are right. If you have a sentence like this, how would you know it is talking about two hats or one hat with two colors, red and yellow? Normally, one would go for 'one red and yellow hat' but can it also be looked at as 'a red hat and a yellow hat'? 02 br
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00 I bought a red and yellow hat at Believer's last
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0 He ordered a chicken and a beef fajita platter. [two platters - one chicken, one beef] 02 br
00 He ordered a chicken fajita platter and a beef. [same as previous] 02 br
00 He ordered a chicken and beef fajita platter. [one platter containing both chicken and beef] 02 br
00 He bought a red and a yellow hat. [two hats - one red, one yellow] 02 br
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00 He ordered a chicken fajita platter and a beef. [same as previous] 02 br
00 He ordered a chicken and beef fajita platter. [one platter containing both chicken and beef] 02 br
00 He bought a red and a yellow hat. [two hats - one red, one yellow] 02 br
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Hi. Please help. How would you interprete the following underlined part? Would you say it denotes two seeds, one good and one bad? If it is so, shouldn't it be the plural "seeds" instead of "seed"?
How would you make a comparison between the good and bad seed?
How about these? Are these sentences correct? Thank you in advance.
How would you separate b
How would you make a comparison between the good and bad seed?
How about these? Are these sentences correct? Thank you in advance.
How would you separate b
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They are all 'correct'.
How would you make a comparison between the good and bad seed?-- Clearly one seed each
How would you separate between the good and bad equipment?-- Probably several pieces of equipment each; if it were just one piece each, it would probably be specified, e.g., '...the good and bad humidifier'.
How would you distinguish between the good
How would you make a comparison between the good and bad seed?-- Clearly one seed each
How would you separate between the good and bad equipment?-- Probably several pieces of equipment each; if it were just one piece each, it would probably be specified, e.g., '...the good and bad humidifier'.
How would you distinguish between the good
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