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Nakool Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Spotting errors

I can't do the fourth / and fifth questions / but i have done all the others.

Here it should be 'all the other questions' in place of 'all the others'.

but as per my understanding, we should also have 'question' instead of 'questions'. Am I Right?
  

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I can't do the fourth question (singular) but I have done all the others. I can't do the fourth and fifth questions (plural) but I have done all the others. Nakool Here it should be 'all the other questions' in place of 'all the others'.

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  • I can't do the fourth question (singular) but I have done all the others.
  • I can't do the fourth and fifth questions (plural) but I have done all the others.
  • Nakool Here it should be 'all the other questions' in place of 'all the others'.
  • You can make the substitution, but it is not necessary.
  • The two above are perfectly fine.
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I can't do the fourth question (singular) but I have done all the others.
I can't do the fourth and fifth questions (plural) but I have done all the others.
NakoolHere it should be 'all the other questions' in place of 'all the others'.
You can make the substitution, but it is not necessary. The two above are perfectly fine.
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