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Teal lime Posted 4 years ago
Grammar

She fulfilled their every need.

Is the sentence below correct?

She fulfilled their every need.

Don't you think it should read like this?

She fulfilled every their need.

Thank you.

  

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teal lime Is the sentence below correct? Yes. "Every" is sometimes used that way as a sort of mock-poetical expression.

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  • teal lime Is the sentence below correct?
  • Yes.
  • "Every" is sometimes used that way as a sort of mock-poetical expression.
  • q=every teal lime She fulfilled every their need.
  • No.
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teal limeIs the sentence below correct?

Yes. "Every" is sometimes used that way as a sort of mock-poetical expression.

"Being the highest degree or expression of: showed us every attention; had every hope of succeeding."

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teal limeIs the sentence below correct?
She fulfilled their every need.

Yes.

teal limeDon't you think it should read like this?
She fulfilled every their need.

No, this is wrong. Almost always, another modifier cannot precede "their" or other possessive determiner ("my", "your", "his", "Jack's", etc.). The

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