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Bagho Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Usage - "Their hair" or "their hairs"?
Hello everyone! I'm Soumya, an author from India.
A reader has challenged me about the use of the word 'hairs' in my book. I have used, 'a few hairs' and that's justified, as hair is a countable noun in that very phrase. But I'm at a confusion for some other sentences. Could you kindly tell me if I'm wrong grammatically?
1. "The evening zephyr ruffled their long flowing hairs - the Indian village girl's shiny, black hair, and Audrey's curly blonde hair."
2. "They had golden or brown or ashen hairs."
3. "His black and white hairs had now turned into complete white."
Could you please help? Thank you!
A reader has challenged me about the use of the word 'hairs' in my book. I have used, 'a few hairs' and that's justified, as hair is a countable noun in that very phrase. But I'm at a confusion for some other sentences. Could you kindly tell me if I'm wrong grammatically?
1. "The evening zephyr ruffled their long flowing hairs - the Indian village girl's shiny, black hair, and Audrey's curly blonde hair."
2. "They had golden or brown or ashen hairs."
3. "His black and white hairs had now turned into complete white."
Could you please help? Thank you!
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Hello, bagho —and welcome to English Forums. Thank you for registering as a member. The word should be uncountable in all 3 instances: 1.
- Hello, bagho —and welcome to English Forums.
- Thank you for registering as a member.
- The word should be uncountable in all 3 instances: 1.
- " 2.
- "They had golden or brown or ashen hair.
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Hello, bagho —and welcome to English Forums. Thank you for registering as a member.
The word should be uncountable in all 3 instances:
1. "The evening zephyr ruffled their long flowing hair—the Indian village girl's shiny, black hair, and Audrey's curly blonde hair."
2. "They had golden or brown or ashen hair."
3. "His black and white hai
The word should be uncountable in all 3 instances:
1. "The evening zephyr ruffled their long flowing hair—the Indian village girl's shiny, black hair, and Audrey's curly blonde hair."
2. "They had golden or brown or ashen hair."
3. "His black and white hai
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baghoA reader has challenged me about the use of the word 'hairs' in my book. I have used, 'a few hairs' and that's justified, as hair is a countable noun in that very phrase.He was mostly bald; he carefully combed the few measly hairs that remained over his shiny pate.
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