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Vutdoan Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Which is better?

dodging someone else's bullet

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dodging someone else's bullets
  

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vutdoan dodging someone else's bullet or dodging someone else's bullets Neither would make much sense without context. "Dodging someone else's bullet" would mean the bullet was intended to hit someone else. "Dodging someone else's bullets" would mean you made a habit of it.

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  • vutdoan dodging someone else's bullet or dodging someone else's bullets Neither would make much sense without context.
  • "Dodging someone else's bullet" would mean the bullet was intended to hit someone else.
  • "Dodging someone else's bullets" would mean you made a habit of it.
  • OR the "someone else" is the person who's firing the bullets - which is usually the case.
  • Since this is a figurative expression, we must do a little work to come up with the real world situation to match.
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vutdoandodging someone else's bullet
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dodging someone else's bullets
Neither would make much sense without context.

"Dodging someone else's bullet" would mean the bullet was intended to hit someone else.
"Dodging someone else's bullets" would mean you made a habit of it.
OR the "someone else" is the person who's firing the bullets
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The bullet is usually singular, because it represents a single and unique hazzard which will be difficult for the targeted person to avoid.
But some people seem to be skillful at dodging bullets in the plural - that is, different bullets at different times.
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