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HMFindlay Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
I have darn weird confusion :s
0 Suppose, he has a car and she has a car (don't mind who they are). They have a car or two cars? And is the term suppose to be their car or their cars? 05 0 00 I always use plural when it's about different objects that are connected to the subjects but sometimes I get confused because I read something like this: 02 br
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00 Ally and Joe bought a same Volkswagen model but they chose different colour(s) for their car. 02 br
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00 I thought its suppose to be their cars because they don't share a same car but they bought two different cars. Can someone tell me the truth? 05 1 010id 111id 1
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00 Ally and Joe bought a same Volkswagen model but they chose different colour(s) for their car. 02 br
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00 I thought its suppose to be their cars because they don't share a same car but they bought two different cars. Can someone tell me the truth? 05 1 010id 111id 1
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0 01 blockquote 01 cite 10 HMFindlay 12 cite 12 br 10 Suppose, he has a car and she has a car (don't mind who they are). They have a car or two cars? 11 font 10 Tom and Suzy have a car: I understand they share the same car.
- 0 01 blockquote 01 cite 10 HMFindlay 12 cite 12 br 10 Suppose, he has a car and she has a car (don't mind who they are).
- They have a car or two cars?
- 11 font 10 Tom and Suzy have a car: I understand they share the same car.
- Tom and Suzy both have a car: 2 cars.
- 12 font 12 br 12 br 10 And is the term suppose to be their car or their cars?
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01 cite 10 HMFindlay 12 cite 12 br
10 Suppose, he has a car and she has a car (don't mind who they are). They have a car or two cars? 11 font 10 Tom and Suzy have a car: I understand they share the same car. Tom and Suzy both have a car: 2 cars. They each have a car: 2 cars. 12 font 12 br
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0 Two people may own a car jointly. But in your example, 01 font 00 each 02 font 00 owns a car. Therefore, you are correct in using 01 font 00 their cars 02 font 00 . 02 br
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00 Mom and Dad own a single car. You'd say, "Their car is in the driveway." 02 br
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00 If Mom and Dad eac
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00 Mom and Dad own a single car. You'd say, "Their car is in the driveway." 02 br
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00 If Mom and Dad eac
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01 cite 10 HMFindlay 12 cite 12 br
10 Ally and Joe bought a same Volkswagen model but they chose different colour(s) for their car. 12 br
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10 I thought its suppose to be their cars because they don't share a same car but they bought two different cars. Can someone tell me the truth? 15 0 12 br
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01 cite 10 HMFindlay 12 cite 10 So... both their car and their cars are correct?! 12 blockquote10 Only if your readers realise that "respective" has been omitted. 0-
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0 I'm not sure on how to make them realise but anyway, are they both correct or no? 05 0 010id 4
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