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Seagull Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
The difference between "our life" and "our lives"
(a) Without electricity, our life would be very inconvenient.
(b) Without electricity, our lives would be very inconvenient.
I think that both (a) and (b) are correct English, but I don't know what is the difference between (a) and (b). I guess that the expression "our life" assumes that everyone's life is basically the same. Meanwhile, maybe, "our lives" means that we lead many different kinds of life." What is you take?
(b) Without electricity, our lives would be very inconvenient.
I think that both (a) and (b) are correct English, but I don't know what is the difference between (a) and (b). I guess that the expression "our life" assumes that everyone's life is basically the same. Meanwhile, maybe, "our lives" means that we lead many different kinds of life." What is you take?
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seagull What is you r take on it ? (a) sounds wrong to me, but it would be OK without "our": Without electricity life would be very inconvenient. (b) sounds fine.
- seagull What is you r take on it ?
- (a) sounds wrong to me, but it would be OK without "our": Without electricity life would be very inconvenient.
- (b) sounds fine.
- My new version of (a) and what you wrote for (b) have the same meaning.
- CJ
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seagullWhat is your take on it?(a) sounds wrong to me, but it would be OK without "our":
Without electricity life would be very inconvenient.
(b) sounds fine.
My new version of (a) and what you wrote for (b) have the same meaning.
CJ
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