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Spectacled-Girl Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Which is correct?

0Which of the following sentences is correct?02br
001. We must take care of the cleanliness of our body.02br
002. We must take care of the cleanliness of our bodies.02br
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00Please explain. 02br
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00Thanks. 050010id1
  

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0 Hi Spectacled-Girl,02br 02br 00I think the second sentence should be the correct one. e. 01i 00We must take care of the cleanliness of our bodies02i 00.

— Peaceblinkfriend

  • 0 Hi Spectacled-Girl,02br 02br 00I think the second sentence should be the correct one.
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  • 01i 00We must take care of the cleanliness of our bodies02i 00.
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  • 01i 00bodies02i 00, should be in the plural form.
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0 Hi Spectacled-Girl,02br
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00I think the second sentence should be the correct one. i.e. 01i00We must take care of the cleanliness of our bodies02i00. 01i00We 02i00is the subject in this sentence so the corresponding object, i.e. 01i00bodies02i00, should be in the plural form. However, I think there s
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01cite10Spectacled-Girl12cite10Which of the following sentences is correct?12br
101. We must take care of the cleanliness of our body.12br
102. We must take care of the cleanliness of our bodies.12br
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10Please explain. 12br
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10Thanks. 15012br
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01cite10Goodman12cite10In equivalent natural English, we'd say "we must take care of our personal hygiene". If I must pick one out of the two, # 2 is more correct. It's not grammatically wrong, but I would 11font11b10rather12b12font10 not use "cleanliness of our bodies" personal
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0Rather - is an adverb. I'd rather take a nap than go out. Rather in this context means inclined toward.02br
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00However, if I say "she has a rather strange personality", "rather" means "somewhat". 0-
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0 Thanks for replying to my question, Goodman.02br
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01b00However, if I say "she has a rather strange personality", "rather" means "somewhat".02br
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02b00When you say "she has a rather strange personality", do you mean that she has a somewhat/01i01b00slightly 02b02i00strange personality?02br
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01cite10Goodman12cite10In equivalent natural English, we'd say "we must take care of our personal hygiene". If I must pick one out of the two, # 2 is more correct. It's not grammatically wrong, but I would rather not use "cleanliness of our bodies" personally.12br
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10So, #1 is also con
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0 I think the first one is correct 0-
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01cite10Spectacled-Girl12cite11blockquote
11cite20Goodman22cite22br
20In equivalent natural English, we'd say "we must take care of our personal hygiene". If I must pick one out of the two, # 2 is more correct. It's not grammatically wrong, but I would rather not use "cleanliness of our bod
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01cite10Peaceblinkfriend12cite10Thanks for replying to my question, Goodman.12br
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11b10However, if I say "she has a rather strange personality", "rather" means "somewhat".12br
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12b10When you say "she has a rather strange personality", do you mean that she has a somewhat/11
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01cite10Goodman12cite12br
10I would be reluctant to accept #1 as being correct. Simply "our body" exhibited single-plural agreement conflict.12br
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10I got it. Thanks Goodman. 050010id1
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