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Qingqing Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
"the three other students" or "the other three students"?
Before the four students received their rewards, Tom and the three other students attended a special meeting hosted by the headmaster.
Can we use "the other three students" to replace the underlined part? Thanks.
Can we use "the other three students" to replace the underlined part? Thanks.
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qingqing Can we use "the other three students" to replace the underlined part? That seems all right to my ear. CJ
- qingqing Can we use "the other three students" to replace the underlined part?
- That seems all right to my ear.
- CJ
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qingqingCan we use "the other three students" to replace the underlined part?That seems all right to my ear.
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I HAVE CAREFULLY CONSIDERED MY ANSWER BEFORE SUBMITTING FOR MODERATION
Qingqing,
As the Veteran Member has told you, either way is, indeed, used
by native speakers. Either way is fine.
I think that a few (some?) native speakers feel that "the three
other students" is more logical. That is, if you say "the other
three
Qingqing,
As the Veteran Member has told you, either way is, indeed, used
by native speakers. Either way is fine.
I think that a few (some?) native speakers feel that "the three
other students" is more logical. That is, if you say "the other
three
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Thank you very much. What you explain to me sounds reasonable. I will also thank CalifJim for his help. I have looked up several dictionaries, which all give the expressions like "three other students, some other boys ect." (the determiner is usually put before the noun), but I was not sure about whether we can say expressions like "the other three boys".
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