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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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Do not end our lives this way? or Do not end our life this way?
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" is the correct one. 'our' indicates that the sentence is talking about the possession of at least 2 people, so 'life' should be plural. But there's also some cases which two or more people are sharing the same possession as well.
- " is the correct one.
- 'our' indicates that the sentence is talking about the possession of at least 2 people, so 'life' should be plural.
- But there's also some cases which two or more people are sharing the same possession as well.
- " And in this case, 'car' is singular.
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"Do not end our lives this way." is the correct one.
'our' indicates that the sentence is talking about the possession of at least 2 people, so 'life' should be plural.
But there's also some cases which two or more people are sharing the same possession as well. For example,
"Our car is dirty."
And in this case, 'car' is singular.
'our' indicates that the sentence is talking about the possession of at least 2 people, so 'life' should be plural.
But there's also some cases which two or more people are sharing the same possession as well. For example,
"Our car is dirty."
And in this case, 'car' is singular.
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