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Teo
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 Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 5:00 am Post subject: How many pictures is this? |
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Linda has 3 rolls that take 20 pictures each. How many pictures is this?
Why not say "How many pictures are these"?
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buddhaheart
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| Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 3:34 pm Post subject: |
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| How about �How many pictures (photos) are there (in total)?� |
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Lorikeet
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| Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 7:08 pm Post subject: Re: How many pictures is this? |
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| Teo wrote: |
Linda has 3 rolls that take 20 pictures each. How many pictures is this?
Why not say "How many pictures are these"? |
Perhaps this is a mathematics question, and the "is this" refers to the problem 3 x 20. (You could say, "How much is that?" but you can't say "How much pictures") |
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