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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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One answer to each question?
Hi, Please help. Let's say that each person asked a question that is different than the other in the group and expects an answer for their individual questions but couldn't get it. Which of the following could we say to convey that information clearly?
1. They couldn't get answers to the questions.
2. They couldn't get an answer to their individual questions.
3. They couldn't get an answer to their questions.
Similarly I think the following sentence is ambiguous if one answer is expected of each question. Thank you for your help in advance.
Please write the answers to the following questions.
1. They couldn't get answers to the questions.
2. They couldn't get an answer to their individual questions.
3. They couldn't get an answer to their questions.
Similarly I think the following sentence is ambiguous if one answer is expected of each question. Thank you for your help in advance.
Please write the answers to the following questions.
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They couldn't get answers to the questions. Please write the answers to the following questions. These are fine and common, irrespective of the number of questions, answers or questioners.
- They couldn't get answers to the questions.
- Please write the answers to the following questions.
- These are fine and common, irrespective of the number of questions, answers or questioners.
- No native speaker will have trouble understanding the situation.
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They couldn't get answers to the questions.
Please write the answers to the following questions.
These are fine and common, irrespective of the number of questions, answers or questioners. No native speaker will have trouble understanding the situation.
Please write the answers to the following questions.
These are fine and common, irrespective of the number of questions, answers or questioners. No native speaker will have trouble understanding the situation.
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Thank you very much. I think we can use both sentences below to mean basically the same in the context of a person getting only one answer to his or her question, although no. 2 might be used less, perhaps much less, than no. 1
What do you think? I hope I have written my question correctly. Thank you for your help in advance.
1. They couldn't get answers to the questions.
What do you think? I hope I have written my question correctly. Thank you for your help in advance.
1. They couldn't get answers to the questions.
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Anonymous1. They couldn't get answers to the questions.2. They couldn't get an answer to their questions.They seem about equally likely to me, actually.
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