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Believer Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Is there a difference?

Hi,

1. Sometimes I wonder there is any difference between the two?

I have a several good friends.

I have several good friends.

2. I think Cool Breeze brought this seentence up and I wonder it can also be like this.

It's (a) two miles' walk. (Cool Breeze's)

It's a two-mile walk.
  

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Hi, 1. Sometimes I wonder there is any difference between the two? I have a several good friends.

— Clive

  • Hi, 1.
  • Sometimes I wonder there is any difference between the two?
  • I have a several good friends.
  • This is ungrammatical.
  • You can't use 'a' with a plural.
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Hi,

1. Sometimes I wonder there is any difference between the two?

I have a several good friends. This is ungrammatical. You can't use 'a' with a plural. You'd have to say 'some'. However, you can say either 'some friends' or 'several friends', but not 'some several friends'.

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Thank you.

Would add the same voice or at least hold one of his/her hand for Cool Breeze's argument that with common nouns in the genitive one can leave the article out like these example of his or her and mine?

Let's walk, it's (a) two miles' walk. (Cool Breeze's sentence)

He has (a) two years' experience. (Mine)
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