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Liveinjapan Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
The Cleaner's
1 i 00 Could you leave this dress at 01 u 00 the cleaner's 02 u 00 on your way to work today. 02 i 02 br
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00 This possesive by itself means a cleaning shop, right? I mean no words is omitted? 02 br
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00 Thanks 02 br
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00 This possesive by itself means a cleaning shop, right? I mean no words is omitted? 02 br
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0 I can help but interrupt your posts. You got interesting posts. I've seen people use or say the cleaners, not the possessive form though.
- 0 I can help but interrupt your posts.
- You got interesting posts.
- I've seen people use or say the cleaners, not the possessive form though.
- The cleaners' sounds OK to me in this context but I'm a bit uncomfortable with the singular possessive.
- 02 br 02 br 00 By the way, I interpret the possessive form as a laundromat.
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0 I can help but interrupt your posts. You got interesting posts. I've seen people use or say the cleaners, not the possessive form though. The cleaners' sounds OK to me in this context but I'm a bit uncomfortable with the singular possessive. Let's wait for the natives. 02 br
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00 By the way, I interpret the possessive form as a laundromat. 0-
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00 By the way, I interpret the possessive form as a laundromat. 0-
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10 I can help but interrupt your posts. You got interesting posts. I've seen people use or say the cleaners, not the possessive form though. The cleaners' sounds OK to me in this context but I'm a bit uncomfortable with the singular possessive. Let's wait for the natives. 12 br
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01 cite 10 Liveinjapan 12 cite 11 i 10 Could you leave this dress at 11 u 10 the cleaner's 12 u 10 on your way to work today. 12 i 12 br
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10 This possesive by itself means a cleaning shop, right? I mean no words is omitted? 12 br
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10 Thanks 12 br
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00 If this is the regular dry cleaner you and your spouse go to all the time, you may cay “ can you drop this off at the dry cleaner on your way to work?”. To my ears, “leaving it at the 00 cleaner’s 00 ” sounds uncomfortable. 00 0-
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00 If this is the regular dry cleaner you and your spouse go to all the time, you may cay “ can you drop this off at the dry cleaner on your way to work?”. To my ears, “leaving it at the 00 cleaner’s 00 ” sounds uncomfortable. 00 0-
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