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Mr. Tom Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Medium or means
Hi
Could you please tell me if both "medium" and "means" sound OK here?
1) She didn't know my language and I didn't know hers. So the medium of communication was only English.
1) She didn't know my language and I didn't know hers. So the means of communication was only English.
Thanks,
Tom
Could you please tell me if both "medium" and "means" sound OK here?
1) She didn't know my language and I didn't know hers. So the medium of communication was only English.
1) She didn't know my language and I didn't know hers. So the means of communication was only English.
Thanks,
Tom
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"Medium" is correct, but sounds unnatural to me. ")
- "Medium" is correct, but sounds unnatural to me.
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"Medium" is correct, but sounds unnatural to me. I would use "means."
The sentence order is a little awkward.** I'd suggest,
"So our only means of communication was English."
Or, "So our only means of communication/communicating was to speak/write in English."
Or, "So English was our only means of communication."
**(To my ear, "only" appears to modify the verb "was"
The sentence order is a little awkward.** I'd suggest,
"So our only means of communication was English."
Or, "So our only means of communication/communicating was to speak/write in English."
Or, "So English was our only means of communication."
**(To my ear, "only" appears to modify the verb "was"
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