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Onizo Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Underwear
Can you check if the following pronouns concerning underwear are used correctly?
There is three pairs of underwear.
Can you pick up my underwear? Pick them up and put them in the drawer. (One picks up two) pick the other one too.
Or....can I go with "it" in the places of them, but still keep the other one part too?
Also can I use "underpants" instead and make sentences like they are my underpants or my three underpants?
Thank you
There is three pairs of underwear.
Can you pick up my underwear? Pick them up and put them in the drawer. (One picks up two) pick the other one too.
Or....can I go with "it" in the places of them, but still keep the other one part too?
Also can I use "underpants" instead and make sentences like they are my underpants or my three underpants?
Thank you
Top answer
There are three pairs of underwear. The following is very unusual. Usually we mention individual items of clothing in this context, not the general mass noun.
- There are three pairs of underwear.
- The following is very unusual.
- Usually we mention individual items of clothing in this context, not the general mass noun.
- I need to wash my underwear.
- (This is most usual because you will include shirts, shorts, briefs, long johns, etc.
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There are three pairs of underwear.
The following is very unusual. Usually we mention individual items of clothing in this context, not the general mass noun.
I need to wash my underwear. (This is most usual because you will include shirts, shorts, briefs, long johns, etc. in the laundry.)
Can you pick up my underwear? Pick it all up and put it in the dra
The following is very unusual. Usually we mention individual items of clothing in this context, not the general mass noun.
I need to wash my underwear. (This is most usual because you will include shirts, shorts, briefs, long johns, etc. in the laundry.)
Can you pick up my underwear? Pick it all up and put it in the dra
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Men's or ladies?
Would it make any difference? Both.
If saying underwear is unusual, How would you usually say for both men's and women's?
Would it make any difference? Both.
If saying underwear is unusual, How would you usually say for both men's and women's?
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onizoWould it make any difference? Both. If saying underwear is unusual, How would you usually say for both men's and women's?Underwear is a very generic term.
A department store has sections for women's underwear (usually called intimate apparel) and men's underwear. Children's underwear is in the children's clothing department.
Underwear
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