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ebb
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 Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 4:22 am Post subject: |
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shouldn't it be English fora ? 
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MrPedantic
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| Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2006 1:25 pm Post subject: Re: Billy |
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In response to KFH's comment, the real point was that each of the two (equally grammatical) forms had a different emphasis. But for "boy" in example 1, please read "person".
In respones to Seasons', I'm not sure why "all of the boys" should be any more grammatically correct than "all the boys". Both seem idiomatic to me. Why do you say that the latter is incorrect?
In response to Dave's comment that "more popular than all other boys in the class" is incorrect: it's true that "in the class" designates a particular set; but so does "in the world".
(Apologies for the bulk reply.)
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