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Hanuman_2000 Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

plural

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001. A postman wears a cap.02br
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00I have to rewrite this sentence by changing all the souns in plural form.02br
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002. The postmen wear the caps.02br
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003. Postmen wear caps.02br
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00Which one between 2 and 3 is correct?02br
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00What are the rule? Shall I use the word 'the' or without 'the'?02br
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00Thanks.0-
  

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02font 00 You change this into: 02br 02br 01font 00Postmen02font 00 wear 01font 00caps. 02font 00With this modification, all the nouns are turned into plural forms. But, if you say: 02br 02br 01font 00The02font 00 01font 00postmen 02font 00wear caps.

— Doll

  • 02font 00 You change this into: 02br 02br 01font 00Postmen02font 00 wear 01font 00caps.
  • 02font 00With this modification, all the nouns are turned into plural forms.
  • But, if you say: 02br 02br 01font 00The02font 00 01font 00postmen 02font 00wear caps.
  • With this sentence, you include all the postmen, without omitting anyone.
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1font00My try:00 02font02br
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01font00A postman02font00 wears 01font00a cap.02font00 You change this into: 02br
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01font00Postmen02font00 wear 01font00
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0 I don't quite agree with that, Doll.02br
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00"Postmen wear caps" suggests that you mean 'all postmen' -- i.e. no postmen are omitted.02br
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00If you say 'the postmen' instead, that is not necessarily a reference to 'all postmen everywhere', but rather it is a reference to a specific group and in that limited group, all of the postmen wear caps. In
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0Lol. I really feel surprised sometimes thinking that how I can assert the wrong thing. Hmm, that means I confuse all, the all, the.. structures. I will revise them! 02br
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00I am so sorry for the wrong answer! ( But I still feel happy. I learn best from my mistakes.[A])0-
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