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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
Washing the dish
Hi~ I'm wondering whether the two sentences correct or not?
Is there any difference between the following sentences?
She is washing the dish.
She is washing the dishes.
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Here's a BE speaker's answer. AE speakers will tell you how they say it when they wake up later. In the first, she is washing a single dish.
- Here's a BE speaker's answer.
- AE speakers will tell you how they say it when they wake up later.
- In the first, she is washing a single dish.
- In the second she is doing the washing up - all the dirty crockery and cutlery after a meal.
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Here's a BE speaker's answer. AE speakers will tell you how they say it when they wake up later.
In the first, she is washing a single dish.
In the second she is doing the washing up - all the dirty crockery and cutlery after a meal.
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anonymousShe is washing the dish.
This means one dish in particular.
anonymousShe is washing the dishes.
This means some dishes in particular but, an unspecified number.
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