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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Possessive plural
The women's clothes on their bodies looked nice.
In this sentence, is it okay to have clothes and bodies plural since women is plural? Or should they still be singular?
Also...
The group of children had their snacks.
Does this mean that each child can have one snack, but because there are multiple children, there are multiple snacks, not neccessarily meaning that the one child has multiple snacks?
I'm a bit confused about that.
Can someone please help me?
In this sentence, is it okay to have clothes and bodies plural since women is plural? Or should they still be singular?
Also...
The group of children had their snacks.
Does this mean that each child can have one snack, but because there are multiple children, there are multiple snacks, not neccessarily meaning that the one child has multiple snacks?
I'm a bit confused about that.
Can someone please help me?
Top answer
The first sentence isn't a natural one at all. " I'd use the plural there. With the children and their snacks, I'd use the plural too.
- The first sentence isn't a natural one at all.
- " I'd use the plural there.
- With the children and their snacks, I'd use the plural too.
- Sometimes you have to trust common sense.
- None of the women has more than one body.
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The first sentence isn't a natural one at all.
Maybe something like "The women at the aerobics class worked hard to keep their bodies in shape." I'd use the plural there.
With the children and their snacks, I'd use the plural too.
Sometimes you have to trust common sense. None of the women has more than one body. Even if the children have more than one thing to eat, th
Maybe something like "The women at the aerobics class worked hard to keep their bodies in shape." I'd use the plural there.
With the children and their snacks, I'd use the plural too.
Sometimes you have to trust common sense. None of the women has more than one body. Even if the children have more than one thing to eat, th
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Thanks!
Sorry, what i meant to say was something like..
The women's dresses clung nicely to their bodies.
(There's a bunch of women and what they're wearing looks really nice on their body)
So, since everyone has one body and can only wear one dress, would it then be
The women's dress clung nicely to their body?
thanks again
Sorry, what i meant to say was something like..
The women's dresses clung nicely to their bodies.
(There's a bunch of women and what they're wearing looks really nice on their body)
So, since everyone has one body and can only wear one dress, would it then be
The women's dress clung nicely to their body?
thanks again
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AnonymousThe women's dress clung nicely to their body?No. Not that. Write this:
The women's dresses clung nicely to their bodies.
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