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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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the bed is too small for a family of eight people to sleep in.
  

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Hi, Start with a capital letter. I don't see a question. Clive

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Hi,

Start with a capital letter.

I don't see a question.

Clive
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I accept that I am influenced by my own culture, but I feel that the fact of a bed being too small to accommodate eight people is not normally something we'd comment on.
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It's "family of eight to sleep ...". One definition of every cardinal number is that many people. "People" is redundant with "family".
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I don't know that it's necessarily redundant. The bed might well be large enough for a family of eight rabbits to sleep in!
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You have a point. And given the family size ....
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