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EyeSeeYou Posted 20 years ago
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Which is correct?

1) Which of these groups had no brothers or sisters in it?

2) Which of these groups didn't have (any) brothers or sisters in it?
  

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EyeSeeYou 1) Which of these groups had no brothers or sisters in it? 2) Which of these groups didn't have (any) brothers or sisters in it? It's your choice.

  • EyeSeeYou 1) Which of these groups had no brothers or sisters in it?
  • 2) Which of these groups didn't have (any) brothers or sisters in it?
  • It's your choice.
  • I have no feeling of difference between the two.
  • ("in it" is probably optional in both)
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EyeSeeYou1) Which of these groups had no brothers or sisters in it?

2) Which of these groups didn't have (any) brothers or sisters in it?

It's your choice. I have no feeling of difference between the two. ("in it" is probably optional in both)
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Philip
EyeSeeYou
1) Which of these groups had no brothers or sisters in it?

2) Which of these groups didn't have (any) brothers or sisters in it?

It's your choice. I have no feeling of difference between the two. ("in it" is probably optional in both)
I think the v
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<I think the verbs should be changed to the present tense.>

For what reason?
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Milky
<I think the verbs should be changed to the present tense.>

For what reason?

We should use the present tense for those questions. Don't you think so? It sounds odd to ask them in the past tense.
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Not if the groups no longer exist. Perhaps they were formed for an experient that has concluded, or they were groups that met for a class and the class is over.

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