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Kooyeen Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Most Americans have a PC

0 Hi, 02br
00sorry, I'm always struggling with the same problems...02br
00I know it's more common (much more common, I'd say) to use plural nouns in cases like "The students opened their books" (instead of "book"). But, in this case...02br
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  • 00Nowadays, most Americans have [a PC/ PCs] in their [home/ homes].02li
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00I would say "Most Americans have a PC in their homes", singular PC, plural homes, but I don't know why. Any comments?02br
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00Thank you in advance. 050010id1
  

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0 Most Americans have02br 02br 00 1. a PC in their home02br 00 2. PCs in their home02br 00 3.

— CalifJim

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0 Most Americans have02br
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00 I don't know why, but I'm inclined to take all of these rather literally.02br
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00 1. one PC in one home.02br
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