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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Number and adverbs of frequency
"We often eat desserts." "We often eat a dessert after dinner." What are the rules for plural or singular object numbers in a sentence that uses an adverb of frequency? I don't know how to explain this.
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well I haven't actually got your question but I have a Rq. you probably should say" We often eat have a dessert after dinner"
- well I haven't actually got your question but I have a Rq.
- you probably should say" We often eat have a dessert after dinner"
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well I haven't actually got your question but I have a Rq. you probably should say" We often eat have a dessert after dinner"
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Thanks, I made an account now. I was having difficulty thinking of a good example sentence at the time, so I picked one that ended up being a bit unnatural in one form as opposed to another.
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