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NL888 Posted 12 years ago
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The difference between "child's play" and "a child's play"?
Well, if I rewrote "child's play" as "a child's play", will the meaning stay the same?
Context:
Academy Rankings Tell You a Lot, But Not Who!¯s No. 1 in Any Fiel
Perhaps it should be called the Mr. Potato
Head of graduate school rankings.
Remember how easy it was to alter the
appearance of that toy's bland, tubular face
by sticking an ear or an eye in an unexpected
place? Well, the latest analysis of the qual-
ity of U.S. research doctoral programs by
the National Academies' National Research
Council (NRC) can be manipulated in much
the same way. But the exercise is hardly
child's play
Context:
Academy Rankings Tell You a Lot, But Not Who!¯s No. 1 in Any Fiel
Perhaps it should be called the Mr. Potato
Head of graduate school rankings.
Remember how easy it was to alter the
appearance of that toy's bland, tubular face
by sticking an ear or an eye in an unexpected
place? Well, the latest analysis of the qual-
ity of U.S. research doctoral programs by
the National Academies' National Research
Council (NRC) can be manipulated in much
the same way. But the exercise is hardly
child's play
Top answer
NL888 if I rewrote "child's play" as "a child's play", will the meaning stay the same? It would just be wrong if you did that. The phrase is uncountable.
- NL888 if I rewrote "child's play" as "a child's play", will the meaning stay the same?
- It would just be wrong if you did that.
- The phrase is uncountable.
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NL888 if I rewrote "child's play" as "a child's play", will the meaning stay the same?It would just be wrong if you did that. The phrase is uncountable.
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