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Mitsuo23 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
"the" few and about "plurals"
Hi,
I have a couple of questions in the sentence below, which I found on NPR's website.
"So as one of the few political scientists who's actually lived in Libya, --"
a) I think "a few" means "a small number of" and "few" means "hardly any." So how do you judge the meaning if, like this sentence, "the few" is being used. Depending on the context?
b) I think "who're" is correct. Is "who's" also correct? Also, sometimes I see sentences in which "there's" and "the plural of a noun" are being used, for instance, "there's umbrellas. Is that OK?
Thanks,
M
I have a couple of questions in the sentence below, which I found on NPR's website.
"So as one of the few political scientists who's actually lived in Libya, --"
a) I think "a few" means "a small number of" and "few" means "hardly any." So how do you judge the meaning if, like this sentence, "the few" is being used. Depending on the context?
b) I think "who're" is correct. Is "who's" also correct? Also, sometimes I see sentences in which "there's" and "the plural of a noun" are being used, for instance, "there's umbrellas. Is that OK?
Thanks,
M
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mitsuwao23 b) Also, sometimes I see sentences in which "there's" and "the plural of a noun" are being used, for instance, "there's umbrellas. Is that OK? Yes, that's OK in spoken English.
- mitsuwao23 b) Also, sometimes I see sentences in which "there's" and "the plural of a noun" are being used, for instance, "there's umbrellas.
- Is that OK?
- Yes, that's OK in spoken English.
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mitsuwao23b) Also, sometimes I see sentences in which "there's" and "the plural of a noun" are being used, for instance, "there's umbrellas. Is that OK?Yes, that's OK in spoken English.
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mitsuwao23"So as one of the few political scientists who's actually lived in Libya, --"This isn't a sentence as the main clause is incomplete. However the is used correctly and is due to the relative clause. In nearly all similar sentences, the
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