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English 1b3 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Subject verbs objects - plural and singular
If you want to talk about each person cooking one meal and trying to make his/her meal the tastiest, which of these are correct?
a. They try to make their meals the tastiest.
b. They try to make their meal the tastiest.
c. They each try to make their meals the tastiest.
I think only a and c are correct. However, I wonder if there is a subtle error with these even. 'Meals' refers to every person's meal, but they can't all be the tastiest; in other words, it sounds as though they all try to to make every meal that each person makes the tastiest, but in actual fact each person is trying to make his or her own meal the tastiest.
Also, how should we word it to make it clear each person cooks only one meal?
a. They try to make their meals the tastiest.
b. They try to make their meal the tastiest.
c. They each try to make their meals the tastiest.
I think only a and c are correct. However, I wonder if there is a subtle error with these even. 'Meals' refers to every person's meal, but they can't all be the tastiest; in other words, it sounds as though they all try to to make every meal that each person makes the tastiest, but in actual fact each person is trying to make his or her own meal the tastiest.
Also, how should we word it to make it clear each person cooks only one meal?
Top answer
I think the option B is corrrect
- I think the option B is corrrect
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a. They try to make their meals the tastiest. (each cook prepares multiple meals)
b. They try to make their meal the tastiest. (each cook prepares only one meal)
c. They each try to make their meals the tastiest. (the same as the first one)
Others may disagree with me.
b. They try to make their meal the tastiest. (each cook prepares only one meal)
c. They each try to make their meals the tastiest. (the same as the first one)
Others may disagree with me.
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Couldn't b also mean that all the cooks cooked one meal together and tried to make it tastier than another/other meal/s being made not by these cooks?
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English 1b3Couldn't b also mean that all the cooks cooked one meal together and tried to make it tastier than another/other meal/s being made not by these cooks?In the right context, yes. But your original post explicitly states that each person cooks his own meal so the offered interpretation isn't possible in this particular case.
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