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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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What shape or shapes are they?
Hi. Please help. Which is correct?
1. What shape are they?
2. What shapes are they?
1. What shape are they?
2. What shapes are they?
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Anonymous Hi. Please help. Which is correct?
- Anonymous Hi.
- Please help.
- Which is correct?
- Both can be correct.
- What shape are they?
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These can both be correct, but in different situations. For example:
A: I fashioned a new form of roof tile that might fit in that irregular corner that standard tiles won't work in. I made ten of them so we can see how they fit in some section of that corner.
B: What shape are they? (The implication is that all ten of the tiles are of the same shape.)
C: I made some ne
A: I fashioned a new form of roof tile that might fit in that irregular corner that standard tiles won't work in. I made ten of them so we can see how they fit in some section of that corner.
B: What shape are they? (The implication is that all ten of the tiles are of the same shape.)
C: I made some ne
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The correct way is "What shapes are they? It's the "s" on shapes that let's the reader know that there are more than on shape.
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