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Debpriya De Posted 16 years ago
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How to denote possession
If I have to rephrase "Every man has a big ego" ,should I say " All men have big egos " or "All men have a big ego" ? When we say "All men have a big ego" do we mean that all men together have one big ego or do we mean that every man individually possesses a big ego ?
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Debpriya De If I have to rephrase "Every man has a big ego" ,should I say " All men have big egos " or "All men have a big ego" ? I prefer "All men have big egos". Debpriya De When we say "All men have a big ego" do we mean that all men together have one big ego or do we mean that every man individually possesses a big ego ?
- Debpriya De If I have to rephrase "Every man has a big ego" ,should I say " All men have big egos " or "All men have a big ego" ?
- I prefer "All men have big egos".
- Debpriya De When we say "All men have a big ego" do we mean that all men together have one big ego or do we mean that every man individually possesses a big ego ?
- The latter.
- The first interpretation is implausible.
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Debpriya DeIf I have to rephrase "Every man has a big ego" ,should I say " All men have big egos " or "All men have a big ego" ?I prefer "All men have big egos".
Debpriya DeWhen we say "All men have a big ego" do we mean that all men together have one big ego or do we mean that every man individually possesses a big ego ?
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