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Seagull Posted 9 years ago
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Others Or The Others
Hello everyone. I have a couple of questions.
Suppose someone saw several people having a discussion in French and told somebody else about his impression on the moderator's French later.
Her French was easier to understand than the others', but still I couldn't understand all of what she said.
Q1 Is the definite article in "the others'" necessary?
Q2 Can we omit the "of" in "all of what she said"?
Q3 Are there any mistakes I made in the sentence?
Suppose someone saw several people having a discussion in French and told somebody else about his impression on the moderator's French later.
Her French was easier to understand than the others', but still I couldn't understand all of what she said.
Q1 Is the definite article in "the others'" necessary?
Q2 Can we omit the "of" in "all of what she said"?
Q3 Are there any mistakes I made in the sentence?
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seagull Q1 Is the definite article in "the others'" necessary? Yes: it refers to the specific others mentioned in your text. seagull Q2 Can we omit the "of" in "all of what she said"?
- seagull Q1 Is the definite article in "the others'" necessary?
- Yes: it refers to the specific others mentioned in your text.
- seagull Q2 Can we omit the "of" in "all of what she said"?
- Not unless you wish to sound uneducated.
- seagull Q3 Are there any mistakes I made in the sentence?
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seagullQ1 Is the definite article in "the others'" necessary?Yes: it refers to the specific others mentioned in your text.
seagullQ2 Can we omit the "of" in "all of what she said"?Not unless you wish to sound uneducated.
seagullQ3 Are there any mistakes I made in the sentence?No, it's f
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