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Viceidol Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

"His twenty-four cows"...

Hello

I really need to ask if the following two English expressions are correct:

His twenty-four cows were killed.

His two dozen cows were killed.

I feel kind of weird about those sentences, but I don't know if we can actually say in this way. Please give me your opinion and I'll appreciate it.
  

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Hi Viceidol Yes, you could use those two sentences, and I prefer the first to the second. However, it might sound more natural to say this: All twenty-four of his cows were killed.

— Yankee

  • Hi Viceidol Yes, you could use those two sentences, and I prefer the first to the second.
  • However, it might sound more natural to say this: All twenty-four of his cows were killed.
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Hi Viceidol

Yes, you could use those two sentences, and I prefer the first to the second. However, it might sound more natural to say this:
All twenty-four of his cows were killed.
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Both are ok, although I'd be more likely just to say "all his cows were killed"
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How about "Two dozen of his cows were killed."?

Is that OK, too?

Thanks.
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Hi Viceidol

That's OK, but the meaning is different. That means that he started with more than 24 cows and then 24 of them were killed.
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"Two dozen of his cows were killed."= "Twenty-four of his cows were killed".

Yes. A dozen is exactly equal to twelve (12). I get the impression that that is your central concern.
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