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Nikitus Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

With the girls we are very excited about the trip

Dear forum members

In the sentence:

With the girls we are very excited about the trip?

Is the grammar correct?

The context is the following: Two friends are talking. One of the friends asks: How is your trip planning going on?

Best Regards and again thanks!
  

Top answer

Nikitus Is the grammar correct? Yes, but the meaning is so unclear that it needs a rewrite. Like the girls, we too are very excited about the trip.

— CalifJim

  • Nikitus Is the grammar correct?
  • Yes, but the meaning is so unclear that it needs a rewrite.
  • Like the girls, we too are very excited about the trip.
  • ) Or, We are very excited about the trip because the girls are coming with us.
  • ) CJ
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NikitusIs the grammar correct?
Yes, but the meaning is so unclear that it needs a rewrite.

Like the girls, we too are very excited about the trip. (The girls are excited, and we are excited.)

Or,

We are very excited about the trip because the girls are coming with us. (The fact that the girls will accompany us makes t
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Dear CJ

First of all, thanks for your kind answer.

In the sentence I want to make clear that the teacher is traveling with her friends

Maybe it could be...

We are very excited about the trip

But I am not sure how to explain that the female is traveling with her friends and they are excited about the trip

Again, thanks!
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NikitusBut I am not sure how to explain that the female is traveling with her friends and they are excited about the trip
It's often not as easy to convey gender in English as it is in other languages, so you may have to forgo that aspect of your sentence, placing that information in another clause or leaving it out completely.

We (are a group of w
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Thank you CJ!

Best Regards!
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