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Weiyang Luo
Contact or contacts in this sentence?
Guys ,do you mind giving me your contact\contacts?
I mean you want the contact(s)of more than one person,does the word "contact" pluralise tgther with the number of the persons?
Thank you.
Sep 13, 2013 9:50 PM
Answers · 2
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Use the plural "contacts" when talking about more than 1 person.
September 13, 2013
1. My contact list is long.
2. If you would like my contact list, I can share it (my list of contacts) with you.
3. All of my contacts are artists and musicians.
4, Would you like all of my contacts to contact you?
!. In sentence 1. contact is an adjective modifying 'list.'
2.In sentence 2. contact is also an adjective
3.In sentence 3. contacts are, contacts is a plural noun
4.In sentence 4. contacts, plural noun, to contact, is a verb
September 14, 2013
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