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Rose Lyn Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Is it correct to say "the same" or just "same" in this sentence.
I have made some necessary changes to mine and please do the same with yours.
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do the same with yours'. Sometimes you can omit 'the', but not in this context. I found this for you in Webster's New World College Dictionary: The expressions same and the same are sometimes used in place of pronouns such as it or one, as in When you have filled out the form, please remit same to this office.
- do the same with yours'.
- Sometimes you can omit 'the', but not in this context.
- I found this for you in Webster's New World College Dictionary: The expressions same and the same are sometimes used in place of pronouns such as it or one, as in When you have filled out the form, please remit same to this office.
- As this example suggests, the usage is associated chiefly with business and legal language, and some critics have suggested that it should be reserved for such contexts.
- But though the usage often does sound stilted, it occurs with some frequency in informal writing, particularly in the phrase lack of same , as in It is a question of money, or lack of same.
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It has to be '...do the same with yours'.
Sometimes you can omit 'the', but not in this context.
I found this for you in Webster's New World College Dictionary:
The expressions same and the same are sometimes used in place of pronouns such as it or one, as in When you have filled out the form, p
Sometimes you can omit 'the', but not in this context.
I found this for you in Webster's New World College Dictionary:
The expressions same and the same are sometimes used in place of pronouns such as it or one, as in When you have filled out the form, p
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