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Ahuramazda Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

is a different colour

Hi,
I've found this sentence :

"Each of the books is a different colour ."
Does it mean that each book is also a colour?
If the author had intended to say that each book is painted (with) a different colour, wouldn't he have said "Each of the books have a different color."?

Is "with" I've put in brackets either correct or necessary?
Please correct my questions if necessary.

Thanks
  

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It's natural for us to say that one book is one color and another book is another color. It may be incorrect from a strict syntactical perspective, but it's often what we use. " ahuramazda Does it mean that each book is also a colour?

— Avangi

  • It's natural for us to say that one book is one color and another book is another color.
  • It may be incorrect from a strict syntactical perspective, but it's often what we use.
  • " ahuramazda Does it mean that each book is also a colour?
  • In the sense you mean, no.
  • "?
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It's natural for us to say that one book is one color and another book is another color. It may be incorrect from a strict syntactical perspective, but it's often what we use.

We also say, "One book is of one color and another book is of another color."
ahuramazdaDoes it mean that each book is also a colour?
In the se
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ahuramazdaIf the author had intended to say that each book is painted (with) a different colour, wouldn't he have said "Each of the books have a different color."?
You're right. The English idiom for 'colour' is rather strange. We do use "is a colour' when we mean 'has a colour'.

What colour is your car?
It's blue.
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Avangi, CalifJim
Thank you for your answers.
They are quite very useful.
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