Three boxes of five balls
(Question 1) Can I say like (b) in place of (a)?
(Question 2) Are there any better expressions?
(a) I have three boxes, each containing five balls.
(b) I have three boxes of five balls.
Top answer
(b) will most likely be understood to mean the same as (a), but it is clearer, and helps things, if you include the word "each". (a) is fine, and it is not obvious that there is any much better way of saying it. "each of which contains five *****" is a minor variation.
- (b) will most likely be understood to mean the same as (a), but it is clearer, and helps things, if you include the word "each".
- (a) is fine, and it is not obvious that there is any much better way of saying it.
- "each of which contains five *****" is a minor variation.
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(b) will most likely be understood to mean the same as (a), but it is clearer, and helps things, if you include the word "each". (a) is fine, and it is not obvious that there is any much better way of saying it. "each of which contains five *****" is a minor variation.
0There are several variations you can force on this:
I have three five-ball boxes.
I have three boxes, five ***** in each.
I have five ***** in each of three boxes.
I have fifteen ***** in three five-ball boxes.
I have fifteen ***** divided up equally in three boxes.
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