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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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singular or plural reference?
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00 1. Can you tell me why it is possible to use the word 'lunch' for people more than one? 02 br
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00 make lunch for your kid -- OK, sounds good -- lunch for a kid. 02 br
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00 make lunch for your kids -- Shouldn't it be correct to say 'lunches' since we know 'kids' means more than one? 02 br
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00 2. Can you tell me how I can use the singular and plural forms of a noun when it is referring to some things or some ones that are more than one? 02 br
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00 Don't judge your friends by their cover (or covers??) 02 br
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00 They expressed their intention (intentions??) to come. 02 br
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00 I checked out some example sentences by Googling and for the word 'intention', the singular form seems to be used in cases where people or things are thought as a closely held group or a unit respectively, but I don't have any solid ideas about the first one. . 0-
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00 1. Can you tell me why it is possible to use the word 'lunch' for people more than one? 02 br
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00 make lunch for your kid -- OK, sounds good -- lunch for a kid. 02 br
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00 make lunch for your kids -- Shouldn't it be correct to say 'lunches' since we know 'kids' means more than one? 02 br
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00 2. Can you tell me how I can use the singular and plural forms of a noun when it is referring to some things or some ones that are more than one? 02 br
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00 Don't judge your friends by their cover (or covers??) 02 br
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00 They expressed their intention (intentions??) to come. 02 br
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00 I checked out some example sentences by Googling and for the word 'intention', the singular form seems to be used in cases where people or things are thought as a closely held group or a unit respectively, but I don't have any solid ideas about the first one. . 0-
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- They all have the same intention - to attend.
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0 1. If you are all sitting down to eat the meal together, you are preparing "lunch." If you are preparing meals that will be taken to school in boxes or bags and eaten individually, you are making "lunches." 02 br
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00 2. The expression is so fixed as "Don't judge a book by its cover" that it's odd to my ears to have it applied out of context, but I would use the plural there
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00 2. The expression is so fixed as "Don't judge a book by its cover" that it's odd to my ears to have it applied out of context, but I would use the plural there
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