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Anonymous Posted 8 years ago
Grammar
Relative
If I see a husband and his wife together having coffee, can I say, “I am seeing that the husband and his relative is having coffee together.”? How close is the word relative when it comes to relationship? Can I say the husband is a relative of the wife? Or “relative” can only be use outside the family? Thanks.
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”? You can say it, but that doesn't inform anyone that he is with his wife. It could be his third cousin or his great-grandmother.
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- You can say it, but that doesn't inform anyone that he is with his wife.
- It could be his third cousin or his great-grandmother.
- In fact, it sounds a little like someone who knows very little English has forgotten the word "wife" and substituted "relative" in desperation to complete the sentence.
- CJ
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anonymousIf I see a husband and his wife together having coffee, can I say, “I am seeing that the husband and his relative is having coffee together.”?
You can say it, but that doesn't inform anyone that he is with his wife. It could be his third cousin or his great-grandmother.
In fact, it sounds a little like someone who knows very little English h
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