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Reegis Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
We exchanged telephone numbers and plan to meet again.
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I would like to ask about one encountered sentence:
I met a few nice people at the festival - we exchanged telephone numbers and plan to meet again.
Is it correct?
Shouldn't there be some determiner before telephone numbers like the or our (as I guess they didn't exchange some random telephone numbers)?
Maybe there is in English a rule saying that the or our might be implicit before plural nouns in such cases (which would defend this sentence)?
I would like to ask about one encountered sentence:
I met a few nice people at the festival - we exchanged telephone numbers and plan to meet again.
Is it correct?
Shouldn't there be some determiner before telephone numbers like the or our (as I guess they didn't exchange some random telephone numbers)?
Maybe there is in English a rule saying that the or our might be implicit before plural nouns in such cases (which would defend this sentence)?
Top answer
'Our' is implicit. No-one is likely to exchange random numbers. One always has to use common sense!
- 'Our' is implicit.
- No-one is likely to exchange random numbers.
- One always has to use common sense!
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'Our' is implicit. No-one is likely to exchange random numbers.
One always has to use common sense!
One always has to use common sense!
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ReegisI met a few nice people at the festival. We exchanged telephone numbers and plan to meet again.Correct as shown. No, plurals don't require an article. "the telephone numbers" would indicate something like a list of phone numbers you had already been talking about. "our" is implied. You can add it to make it expli
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Thanks Clive and CalifJim for help.
I will only add that of course I have no problems with understanding this sentence - just wasn't sure if it is grammatically correct since articles even before plurals are likely to make a difference. This is the first time I have come across a sentence where a determiner is implicit.
If I could add one more question to a similar
I will only add that of course I have no problems with understanding this sentence - just wasn't sure if it is grammatically correct since articles even before plurals are likely to make a difference. This is the first time I have come across a sentence where a determiner is implicit.
If I could add one more question to a similar
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Could you please also confirm if it is grammatically correct?
Btw. is it formal or informal? Does such a linguistic concept has a name? I am asking because I tried to find more about this in google and I failed...
Btw. is it formal or informal? Does such a linguistic concept has a name? I am asking because I tried to find more about this in google and I failed...
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The rock band was formed by school friends.
Yes, the grammar is correct.
It is fine in both formal and informal contexts.
I'd just consider it part of the topic 'Use of articles'.
Yes, the grammar is correct.
It is fine in both formal and informal contexts.
I'd just consider it part of the topic 'Use of articles'.
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