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Eeelearner Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Singular/Plural ?
Which conversation is, technically, correct?
A: What is that?
B: This is a dog, a cat, and an elephant.
A: What are these?
B: These are a dog, a cat, and an elephant.
Thanks in advance.
A: What is that?
B: This is a dog, a cat, and an elephant.
A: What are these?
B: These are a dog, a cat, and an elephant.
Thanks in advance.
Top answer
" The word processing functions are playing up: I didn't put in the angel icon, and did leave a space before 'that'.
- " The word processing functions are playing up: I didn't put in the angel icon, and did leave a space before 'that'.
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(A) asks, 'what is that?' compared to 'what are those?'
Therefore, (B) responds to the question:
"This is a dog, this is a cat, and this is an elephant."
However, it does not change the meaning of the sentence if the repeated words are omitted:
"This is a dog,this is a cat, and this is an elep
Therefore, (B) responds to the question:
"This is a dog, this is a cat, and this is an elephant."
However, it does not change the meaning of the sentence if the repeated words are omitted:
"This is a dog,
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Thanks a lot. So, if A asked, what are these/those and B replied with 'These are a cat, a dog, and an elephant', would that be a valid construction too?
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