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Believer Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

it and never they

0I have three uncountables with possessives or "look-to-be" quantifiers. Should they all be referred with the pronoun "it"?02br
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001) their furniture02br
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002) some flexibility02br
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00(I got this phrase from the sentence, "I think there is some flexibilty here.") 02br
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003) their grace02br
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00Another Q:02br
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00Which one is correct?02br
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001) Did you bring lunch? Yes, I brought lunch.02br
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002) Did you bring the lunch? Yes, I brought the lunch.02br
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00I think the second one is correct as it is but my confusion lies with the first one. As we use the word "lunch" in so many ways, I think it almost became trite and the word "lunch" is being allowed to enter the grammatical domain of countability and permitted to act as one with a requisite article? Not a right assumption?0-
  

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0 For furniture, you refer to 'their furniture' as 'they' if there is more than 1 piece. 'It' seems acceptable though. 02br 02br 00 As for the other 2, both are correct gramatically.

— Xess

  • 0 For furniture, you refer to 'their furniture' as 'they' if there is more than 1 piece.
  • 'It' seems acceptable though.
  • 02br 02br 00 As for the other 2, both are correct gramatically.
  • Depending on the context.
  • 02br 02br 00 B will have use 'the lunch' because he is referring to the lunch A made.
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0 For furniture, you refer to 'their furniture' as 'they' if there is more than 1 piece. 'It' seems acceptable though. For the other two, I suppose the pronoun is 'it'.02br
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00 As for the other 2, both are correct gramatically. Depending on the context. For example:02br
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00 A: I made lunch.02br
00 B: So, did you bring the lunch you
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0Hi guys,02br
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01font00I have three uncountables with possessives or "look-to-be" quantifiers. Should they all be referred with the pronoun "it"?02font02br
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01font001) their furniture02font02br
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00'Furniture' is not a countable noun. Say 01font
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