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Teal lime Posted 4 years ago
Grammar
The teacher's chair or the teachers' chair?
From a multiple-choice test:
a) This is the teachers' chair.
b) This is the teacher chair.
c) This is the teacher's chair.
In my opinion, all three are possible, what do you think?
Thank you.
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teal lime In my opinion, all three are possible, what do you think? That's a comma splice. Do it like this: In my opinion, all three are possible.
- teal lime In my opinion, all three are possible, what do you think?
- That's a comma splice.
- Do it like this: In my opinion, all three are possible.
- What do you think?
- I think "a" is possible but unlikely.
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teal limeIn my opinion, all three are possible, what do you think?
That's a comma splice. Do it like this: In my opinion, all three are possible. What do you think?
I think "a" is possible but unlikely. The plural possessive is somewhat anomalous. Choice "b" is even more anomalous, but it is not completely unidiomatic. Both of these denote a chair ded
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