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All of them have a big nose.
Is the title grammatical?
Must I say "All of them have big noses" or "Each of them has a big nose"?
13 maj 2012 07:22
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They all have big noses.
All of them have big noses.
13 maja 2012
xiaokaoy,
You are asking about subject compliment agreement. Here is my opinion.
Each of them has a big nose. This is the clearest in meaning.
The other two are also correct and are usually understood to have the same meaning in context as "Each of them" but with a different emphasis.
-All of them have a big nose. Here you are stressing the word "nose".
-All of them have big noses. Generally, it is better to use a plural object with a plural subject.
The problem is that we don't have a neutral third person singular pronoun in English.
We should have one, but we don't.
For example,
All of them have a big nose. Does this mean there is only one nose for all of them?
All of them have big noses. Does this mean everyone has several noses?
All of them have their big nose. Does this mean there is one big collective nose?
All of them have their big noses. Does this mean everyone has several noses?
13 maja 2012
Sorry to be completely unhelpful and silly but your question made me think of this... http://youtu.be/Ahg2GVWHGKY
13 maja 2012
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Znajomość języków
chiński (mandaryński), angielski
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angielski
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