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Alex+ Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

How many of you are there? vs How many are you?

0 ' How many of you are there? – There are six of us.'02br
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00'How many are you? – We are six.'02br
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0Hi Alex,02br 02br 00It's a very informal thing to say. If you go to a restaurant and ask for a table, I can imagine you may hear that. " and he answers by showing you his hand with three fingers up.

— BarbaraPA

  • 0Hi Alex,02br 02br 00It's a very informal thing to say.
  • If you go to a restaurant and ask for a table, I can imagine you may hear that.
  • " and he answers by showing you his hand with three fingers up.
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0Hi Alex,02br
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00It's a very informal thing to say. If you go to a restaurant and ask for a table, I can imagine you may hear that. (In a more formal register, it would be "How many are in your party?" But you wouldn't answer "We are six" - you'd say "There are six of us."02br
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00The only other situation I can imagine hearing this is when you say t
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0 Hi GG!02br
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00Thank you for your clear-cut explanation. 0-
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