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Teo Posted 19 years ago
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the same shirt(s)

0John has a shirt and I have a shirt too. If these two shirts are exactly like each other, which should we say: 01i00We both have the same 00shirt00 02i00OR01i00 We both have the same 00shirts02i00?0-
  

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0 I know it seems like it SHOULD be shirts, but (at least in the US), it's "We both have the same shirt." 0-
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0Either possible. Alan02br
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0 I find it hard to accept 01i00shirts02i00 in that context. It leaves nothing different to say when the two of you have two or more shirts all of which match, thus obliterating any difference between a singular and a plural!02br
00 Anyway, 01i00shirt02i00 here doesn't mean literally 01i00shirt02i00; it means 
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