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Vincent Teo Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

short hair / hair short

Which is correct?

1 The boy keeps the short hair.

2 The boy keeps the hair short.
  

Top answer

I think you need this: The boy keeps his hair short.

  • I think you need this: The boy keeps his hair short.
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I think you need this:

The boy keeps his hair short.
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If it is his hair..
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Who else's hair do you think it could be?
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His mother's father's, sister's, children's, grandmother's, grandfather's, cousin's, nephew's, niece's, uncle's, aunt's, any other relative's, any friend's, any colleague's, any animal's, anybody's, anybody's, anybody's, ... or Hugh Jackman's.
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Z1g41n3rHis mother's father's, ...
We generally try to avoid interpretations that are so unlikely as to be practically impossible.

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