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Sb70012 Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

With the Browns

Jennifer is absent today. I think she is with the Browns.

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Hello,
I know that in English [Brown = is last name] and [Browns = is first name] but I don't understand if the blue part means:

1. with the family of Mr. Brown
or
2. with Mr. Brown

Would you please be kind enough to help me with this question?

Thank you.
  

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" She is with the Brown family. When you use the plural "Browns" you mean more than one of them. She is with Tom Jones and his family - She is with the Joneses.

— BarbaraPA

  • " She is with the Brown family.
  • When you use the plural "Browns" you mean more than one of them.
  • She is with Tom Jones and his family - She is with the Joneses.
  • She is with Sally Smith's family - She is with the Smiths.
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I"m not familiar with "Browns" as a first name, but even if it were a first name, you wouldn't use it with "the."
She is with the Brown family.
When you use the plural "Browns" you mean more than one of them.

She is with Tom Jones and his family - She is with the Joneses.
She is with Sally Smith's family - She is with the Smiths.
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Browns = the family whose last name is "Brown."

She is traveling with the Brown family, or at the house of the Brown family, or doing some other activity with the Brown family.
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