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Believer Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
take them as idiomatic expressions?
Hi,
I don't understand why the underlined parts are as they are. Why are they not following the article rules of grammar (as it seems to me)?
He is the same height but only a size 9.
He is a 9-year-old. (an elliptical phrase/expression??)
I don't understand why the underlined parts are as they are. Why are they not following the article rules of grammar (as it seems to me)?
He is the same height but only a size 9.
He is a 9-year-old. (an elliptical phrase/expression??)
Top answer
a size nine (shoe) 9-year-old (child) Both are elliptical expressions.
- a size nine (shoe) 9-year-old (child) Both are elliptical expressions.
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a size nine (shoe)
9-year-old (child)
Both are elliptical expressions.
9-year-old (child)
Both are elliptical expressions.
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