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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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Their life/lives
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Can anybody help me with the following sentence?
He is one of those people who are always whining about their life/lives.
Can anybody help me with the following sentence?
He is one of those people who are always whining about their life/lives.
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Thanks for the reply.
But i have a doubt. In the sentence, we are referring to a group of people who share the same type of life. So shouldn't we be using life instead of lives????
But i have a doubt. In the sentence, we are referring to a group of people who share the same type of life. So shouldn't we be using life instead of lives????
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AnonymousIn the sentence, we are referring to a group of people who share the same type of life. So shouldn't we be using life instead of lives?Not unless they are talking about their life together.???
We sometimes use a singular in English when speakers of other languages use the (apparently more logical) plural:
The men took
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