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Yoong Liat Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
Which is the correct word to fill in the blank?
I think that in most activities, he 's just typical/one of the boys. He was friendly and helpful although he is the son of Singapore's Prime Minister.
Which word should be used?
Many thanks.
Which word should be used?
Many thanks.
Top answer
Hi YL I'd go for 'one' (and would also suggest changing 'was' to 'is').
- Hi YL I'd go for 'one' (and would also suggest changing 'was' to 'is').
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Hi YL
I'd go for 'one' (and would also suggest changing 'was' to 'is').
I'd go for 'one' (and would also suggest changing 'was' to 'is').
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I think that in most activities, he was just typical/one of the boys. He was friendly and helpful although he was the son of Singapore's Prime Minister.
Hi Amy
There're several typing mistakes in the question. After you told me about changing 'was' to 'is', I found several errors and have amended them.
The boy is in question was the son of Singapore's Prime Minist
Hi Amy
There're several typing mistakes in the question. After you told me about changing 'was' to 'is', I found several errors and have amended them.
The boy is in question was the son of Singapore's Prime Minist
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CalifJimI think you mean 'just a typical boy'.CJI think that in most activities, he's just ______ of the boys. He was friendly and helpful although he is the son of Singapore's Prime Minister.
The question is as above. A student has to choose a word to fill in the blank. IMO, 'typical' is the appropriate word, not 'one'. I cannot think
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Oops. I misunderstood the question.
... he's just typical of the boys doesn't feel right to me, whereas ... what he does is just typical of (the) boys does feel right.
one is correct, but also not completely satisfactory to my ear. I can't think of another word, either.
CJ
... he's just typical of the boys doesn't feel right to me, whereas ... what he does is just typical of (the) boys does feel right.
one is correct, but also not completely satisfactory to my ear. I can't think of another word, either.
CJ
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Hi,
It's pretty odd to say 'I think that in most activities, he's just typical of the boys.
It's odd grammar. It's also odd semantically. If you said that to me, in trying to find a meaning I would ask you 'which boys?', because you have used the definite article and that suggests to me that I should know about these boys already.
As you can see, we don't t
It's pretty odd to say 'I think that in most activities, he's just typical of the boys.
It's odd grammar. It's also odd semantically. If you said that to me, in trying to find a meaning I would ask you 'which boys?', because you have used the definite article and that suggests to me that I should know about these boys already.
As you can see, we don't t
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Hi Clive
I agree. The answer provided by the teacher is 'one', which I find is not suitable.
I agree. The answer provided by the teacher is 'one', which I find is not suitable.
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Personally, I don't have any problems with "just one of the boys" - meaning that he was a normal boy, and not condescending because his father was the PM. I wonder why you think this would not be a good choice, Clive? Could you elaborate?
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'one of the boys' is an idiom - meaning he acted as part of the group, there was no special treatment, he was just the same as the others. For example - a woman might go down the pub and be 'one of the boys' if everyone else in her group were men on a lairy night out!
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