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Chaucer
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 Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2014 6:00 pm Post subject: Tricky grammar? |
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Each student and each teacher HAS/HAVE the right to a desk.
Which? "each" makes me think "HAS"; "and" makes me think "have" |
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radish kimchi
Joined: 20 Mar 2014
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| Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2014 7:03 pm Post subject: |
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Each and everyone is/are responsible for blah blah blah.
Happy "grammatizing". |
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wanderkind
Joined: 01 Jan 2012
Location: Japan
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| Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2014 7:05 pm Post subject: Re: Tricky grammar? |
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| Chaucer wrote: |
Each student and each teacher HAS/HAVE the right to a desk.
Which? "each" makes me think "HAS"; "and" makes me think "have" |
"Students and teachers have the right to a desk." (groups of people)
"Each student and each teacher has the right to a desk." (individuals)
"Every student and teacher has the right to a desk." |
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The Cosmic Hum
Joined: 09 May 2003
Location: Sonic Space
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| Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2014 7:13 pm Post subject: |
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Is it the right to the same desk?
Inquiring minds want to know. |
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radish kimchi
Joined: 20 Mar 2014
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| Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2014 7:23 pm Post subject: |
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| The Cosmic Hum wrote: |
Is it the right to the same desk?
Inquiring minds want to know. |
Same kind of desk is possible. |
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atwood
Joined: 26 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2014 11:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Is that right in the Constitution? Does it apply to each and every educational institution? |
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radish kimchi
Joined: 20 Mar 2014
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| Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 2:04 am Post subject: |
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| atwood wrote: |
| Is that right in the Constitution? Does it apply to each and every educational institution? |
Of course, where else are you going to store your guns and knives and exercise another right to free speech?  |
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Chaucer
Joined: 20 Oct 2009
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| Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2014 7:00 pm Post subject: Thanks for nothing |
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| Thanks for all the help. |
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