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Mkyol Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
Question about Grammar
I am very curious if the sentence below is grammatically correct. The main element of consideration is a shift of plural/singular form. For example, first it starts off with 'females' (plural), and then 'cut their own hand' ('their' is for plural, but 'hand' is singular), etc.
"Additionally, the females in the flim cut their own hand to make it bleed, to apply the blood as a kind of lipstick to make themselves more presentable from a pale and haggard face, and I thought it was very pitiful."
I could think of many different possibilities, like one below.. but it somehow seems a convoluted (it's hard to keep 'consistent' throughout) way of saying things:
"Additionally, the females in the flim cut their own hands to make them bleed, to apply the blood(s) as a kind of lipstick to make themselves more presentable from their pale and haggard faces, and I thought it was very pitiful."
In the (right) above sentence, I'm also not sure if I could/should use 'kinds of lipsticks', 'kind of lipsticks', 'kinds of lipstick'.. I'm not too sure what the differences between them are, and whether or not I could/should use them.
Please help, thanks a lot .
"Additionally, the females in the flim cut their own hand to make it bleed, to apply the blood as a kind of lipstick to make themselves more presentable from a pale and haggard face, and I thought it was very pitiful."
I could think of many different possibilities, like one below.. but it somehow seems a convoluted (it's hard to keep 'consistent' throughout) way of saying things:
"Additionally, the females in the flim cut their own hands to make them bleed, to apply the blood(s) as a kind of lipstick to make themselves more presentable from their pale and haggard faces, and I thought it was very pitiful."
In the (right) above sentence, I'm also not sure if I could/should use 'kinds of lipsticks', 'kind of lipsticks', 'kinds of lipstick'.. I'm not too sure what the differences between them are, and whether or not I could/should use them.
Please help, thanks a lot .
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Hi Mykol, and welcome to the forums. " However, I would use "a kind of lipstick" - it's the same type of lipstick (blood). Blood would a non-count noun and should be singular as well.
- Hi Mykol, and welcome to the forums.
- " However, I would use "a kind of lipstick" - it's the same type of lipstick (blood).
- Blood would a non-count noun and should be singular as well.
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Hi Mykol, and welcome to the forums.
Without question, I would use "their hands to make them bleed."
However, I would use "a kind of lipstick" - it's the same type of lipstick (blood).
Blood would a non-count noun and should be singular as well.
Without question, I would use "their hands to make them bleed."
However, I would use "a kind of lipstick" - it's the same type of lipstick (blood).
Blood would a non-count noun and should be singular as well.
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First of all thanks for the welcome and for your reply.
But what about the 'from a pale and haggard face' part? Assuming the sentence goes like this:
"Additionally, the females in the flim cut their own hands to make them bleed, to apply the blood as a kind of lipstick to make themselves more presentable ..."
Should 'from pale and haggard faces' follow next, to match the
But what about the 'from a pale and haggard face' part? Assuming the sentence goes like this:
"Additionally, the females in the flim cut their own hands to make them bleed, to apply the blood as a kind of lipstick to make themselves more presentable ..."
Should 'from pale and haggard faces' follow next, to match the
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