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Kooyeen Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Those are three

0 Hi,02br
00I recentely learned that "They are three" shoud be "There are three of them" (when considering the number of items or people). Does that also apply to "these/those"?02br
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01b00Those are five02b00 ----> Should it be 01b00"There are five of those"02b00?02br
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00And also, can I say:02br
01b00"They/those are enough"02br
00"They/those are too many"02br
00"They/those are a lot"02b02br
00or do I have to say 01b00"There are enough of them/those"02b00, 01b00"There are too many of them/those"02b00... ?02br
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00Thanks 050010id1
  

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0 01a 05000 02a 00 Have a look at this post. htm

— Doll

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0 01a05000 02a00 Have a look at this post. 0260hrefhttp://www.EnglishForward.com/English/ThoseVsThey/cjlvm/Post.htm
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0Thank you Doll, but unfortunately that post has nothing to do with my question... Thanks anyway 050010id1
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0 01b00Those are five02b00 ----> Should it be 01b00"There are five of those"02b00? 01font00Yes.02font02br
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00 And also, can I say:02br
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0 I see, thanks.02br
00And I see that "enough" is a kind of exception, it doesn't really act as a quantifier, it acts more like a normal adjective.02br
00So it seems I can say:02br
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01b00- I just need three eggs, I think they'll be enough.02b02br
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00But I can't say:02br
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0 01b00- I just need three eggs, I think they'll be enough. 01font00Better: 02font01font00I think that'll be enough.02font02b02br
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00 But I can't say:02br
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01b00-Uh-oh! Here come the Indians! ...look! They are a lot! 01font
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0 Thank you very much Jim, I perfectly understand. [y]0-
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