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Rex Posted 19 years ago
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The people and economies of the West Indies

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00"All the stands are completed, we have some minor things to do. We have really taken this facility to another level and I think that the public at large are really beginning to warm to the event." 02br
01b00Kids not invited02b00 02br
00At the Dallas Strikers Cricket Club for boys and girls in the Red Hill Gardens neighbourhood they are already passionate about the sport. 02br
00The children play with plastic bats and stumps, many are dressed in little more than rags. 02br
00Admission prices will exclude them from experiencing seeing their heroes play in person. 02br
00"They should have made a special reservation for the kids to come to the World Cup... to let them see what it's like, the nearness of the players and the togetherness of the cricket," says Lenrod Higgins, the club's president. 02br
01b00Ready to go02b00 02br
00People in Jamaica are getting excited about what will be an important event for the people and economies of the West Indies. 02br
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00Gregg, who runs a food stall on the Red Hill Road, says fans should experience Jamaica for themselves and ignore the bad reputation some think the island has. 02br
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00Please look at the penultimate sentence of the above.02br
00You will read the words '01b00an important event for the people and economies of the West Indies02b00'.02br
00Here the word people is countable. It is not people. It is 01b00the people02b00. 02br
00It is not the economies. It is 01b00economies02b00. This means the word economies is uncountable. Is this fine?0-
  

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0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00an important event for 01b 00the people and economies of the West Indies02b 00. 02font 02br 02br 01font 01b 00the people of the West Indies02b 00. 02br 02br 01font 01b 00the economies of the West Indies02b 00.

  • 0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00an important event for 01b 00the people and economies of the West Indies02b 00.
  • 02font 02br 02br 01font 01b 00the people of the West Indies02b 00.
  • 02br 02br 01font 01b 00the economies of the West Indies02b 00.
  • 02font 02br 02br 01font 00Best wishes, Clive02br 02font 0-
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0Hi,02br
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01font00an important event for 01b00the people and economies of the West Indies02b00. 02font02br
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01font01b00the people of the West Indies02b00. 00This suggests the speaker is thinking of everyone who lives in the WI as a single gr
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1i00People in Jamaica are getting excited about what will be an important event for01b00 the02b00 people and economies of the West Indies. 02i02br
02br
02br
02br
00 The author may claim that 01b00the02b00 is distributed to both 01b00people02b00 and 01b00economies0

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