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Ruttonjee Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

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00What is the difference between 'life' and 'lives'? How do you use 'life' and 'lives' in different context?02br
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00Is it correct to write, Their life is becoming stressful OR Their lives are becoming stressful?02br
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02br 02br 00Lives - you can live several 'lives' within that. 02br 02br 00If you want to specify one aspect of their overall life you have to be more specific. Their working life is becoming more stressful.

— Nona the brit

  • 02br 02br 00Lives - you can live several 'lives' within that.
  • 02br 02br 00If you want to specify one aspect of their overall life you have to be more specific.
  • Their working life is becoming more stressful.
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0Life - this is your overall existance.02br
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00Lives - you can live several 'lives' within that. We tend to think of our home life and our work life as separate things for example.02br
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00'their life is becoming stressful' - one person's life overall is becoming stressful.02br
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00Their lives are becoming stressful - several
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0Hi there,02br
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00Thanks a lot.02br
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00In the sentence 'T01u00heir02u00 life is becoming stressful', their is a plural possessive pronoun. 'Their' does not agree with 'life' and 'is'. '02br
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00'Their' does not refer to one person. 02br
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00How about this sentence? 'People's life
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0Their/they is often used as a singular pronoun when you do not know the gender of the person discussed. It's easier than saying 'his or her'.02br
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00'Their life is a full one as they have lots of hobbies' instead of 'His or her life is a full one as he or she has lots of hobbies'. 02br
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00It's clear that it is being used to refer to one person as
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0Hi there,02br
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00I copied the exact wordings shown as below02br
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00Also, some schools rely heavily on the NETs (Native English Teachers) to improve the command of English of the students. It can be imagined that the NETs, especially the primary school NETs who need to work in two schools, have to shoulder a heavy workload.00 01u00Th
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0 Hi Ruttonjee02br
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00If the reference is to each person's individual life, the plural is usually used:02br
01i00The sailors lost their lives in the accident.02i02br
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00If the reference is to the life01b00style02b00 of a group of persons, the singular is usually used:02br
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