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01cite10Vincent Teo12cite10Can I say,12br
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10(a)My family were loading the things into/ in the car's boot.12br
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10(b) My family were loading their belongings into / in the boot of the car.12br
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10(c) They loaded their things in / into the car boot.12br
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01cite10Vincent Teo12cite10Can I say,12br
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10(a)My family were loading the things into the car's boot.12br
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10(b) My family were loading their belongings into the boot of the car.12br
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10(c) They loaded their things into the car boot. 12br
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11cite20Vincent Teo22cite20Can I say,22br
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20(a)My family were loading the things into the car's boot.22br
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20(b) My family were loading their belongings into the boot of the car.22br
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11cite20Vincent Teo22cite22br
20Can I say,22br
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20(a)My family 21font20was 22font21del20were22del20 loading the things into the car'21del20s boot2

0 Hi Goodman and Vincent02br
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00(a) My family 01font00was 02font01del00were02del00 loading the things into the car'01del00s boot02del00. 01font00What is a car's boot? 02br
01b001. In BrE, a boot is the space at the back of a car0

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01cite10Yoong Liat12cite10Hi Goodman and Vincent12br
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10(a) My family 11font10was 12font11del10were12del10 loading the things into the car'11del10s boot12del10. 11font10What is a car's boot?

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00Family- in American Eng. is generally treated as a singular entity, although sometimes it is pluralized by some. 02br
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01b00Yes, I agree. In BrE, either singular or plural verb is correct. 02b02br
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00I guess I leaned what a boot is but I don’t think you will ever catch me saying “I

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01cite10Yoong Liat12cite10Liat,12br
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10Family- in American Eng. is generally treated as a singular entity, although sometimes it is pluralized by some. 12br
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11b10Yes, I agree. In BrE, either singular or plural verb is correct. 12b12br
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0 Hi Goodman02br
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00There are more British words for parts of a car which tend to be very entertaining to an American ear. For example, a British car also has a 01i00bonnet02i00 (not a 01i00hood)02i00 and 01i00wings02i00 (not 01i00fenders02i00). 05000 051010id311

1font01b00Hi Goodman02br
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01font01b00You wrote: I think you missed the humor in my repsonse. "I am loading up my boot", as boots we put on our feet. As to the correctness of vincent's sentence. I'll say this. It sounded really awkward to me. I would just say " they are loadin