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Taka Posted 13 years ago
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Way
Whatever parents may say, children will get their way.
If the 'way' in bold was converted to the plural as.
Whatever parents may say, children will get their ways.
would it still sound OK?
If the 'way' in bold was converted to the plural as.
Whatever parents may say, children will get their ways.
would it still sound OK?
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Well, it doesn't sound natural to me.
- Well, it doesn't sound natural to me.
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"Ways" would seem logical from a strictly grammatical point of view; however, "way," in this sense, is in the nature of an idiom - having one's way, getting one's way, getting their way, etc. - and it is always singular when used like this, no matter if it refers back to something plural, as it does here.
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"Children have their ways" is a completely different idiom, which may be muddying the water(s). 
But surely Sinatra's "I d
But surely Sinatra's "I d
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