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Lita_english Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

"His right and left hand" or "his right and left hands"?

0 I have been confused with one grammatical problem. I hope to get your help for this.02br
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00The question is which is correct between “His left and right hands” or “his left and right hand”.02br
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00I know “the left and the right hand” is correct because of the omission of the first word “hand” 02br
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00in00 “the left hand and the right hand”. But I used to notice the use of “the left and right hands”. 02br
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00Can this phrase refer to one left hand and one right hand? In summary, if there are two things having02br
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00 00the00 same name but modified by different adjectives, can we combine them02br
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00by00 “the + adjective 1 + and + adjective 2 + nouns”? 00or00 we have to 02br
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00I am looking forward to your reply. Thank you very much.0-
  

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02br 01blockquote 00In summary, if there are two things having10 the same name but modified by different adjectives, can we combine them 10by10 “the + adjective 1 + and + adjective 2 + nouns”? 12blockquote 10Several variants are possible. 02br 02br 01i 00the upper deck and the lower deck02br 00 the upper deck and lower deck02br 00 the upper and the lower deck02br 00 the upper and the lower decks02br 00 the upper and lower deck02br 00 the upper and lower decks02br 02br 00 the first word and the last word02br 00 the first word and last word02br 00 the first and the last word02br 00 the first and the last words02br 00 the first and last word02br 00 the first and last words02i 02br 02br 00 CJ02br 02br 0-

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  • 02br 01blockquote 00In summary, if there are two things having10 the same name but modified by different adjectives, can we combine them 10by10 “the + adjective 1 + and + adjective 2 + nouns”?
  • 12blockquote 10Several variants are possible.
  • 02br 02br 01i 00the upper deck and the lower deck02br 00 the upper deck and lower deck02br 00 the upper and the lower deck02br 00 the upper and the lower decks02br 00 the upper and lower deck02br 00 the upper and lower decks02br 02br 00 the first word and the last word02br 00 the first word and last word02br 00 the first and the last word02br 00 the first and the last words02br 00 the first and last word02br 00 the first and last words02i 02br 02br 00 CJ02br 02br 0-
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00In summary, if there are two things having10 the same name but modified by different adjectives, can we combine them 10by10 “the + adjective 1 + and + adjective 2 + nouns”? or we have to 10use10 “the + adjective 1 + and + the + adjective 2 + noun”?12blockquote
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