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Grammar and Linguistics > Meg Ryan is one of the MANY or Few
Meg Ryan is one of the MANY or Few
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gportiglioti
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Meg Ryan is one of the MANY or Few
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Hello dear all, I have an exercise in the book which I cant � find a plausible explanation for my students. They �re supposed to complete the exercise with quantifiers. the alternative is: Meg Ryan is one of the ____________ actresses who are both sweet and beautiful. The answer is FEW, but couldn �t I use many as well? Thank you all in advance! |
14 Feb 2016
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titine69
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Hello! with "a few "it means that there is a small number of actresses who are both sweet and beautiful and Meg Ryan is one of them. with"many"it means there is a big number of actresses who are sweet and beautiful and Meg is one of them. I hope it �s the right explanation. Titine |
14 Feb 2016
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gportiglioti
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Hello Titine69, Thanks for your help! I �ve told them that, but since the sentence is out of context. Seems that both could be used. I don �t know. This one is a bit confusing. Geovane P. |
14 Feb 2016
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titine69
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Geovane,let �s see what the native people think about it. |
14 Feb 2016
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Minka
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That does not depend on grammar (I think both options are correct) but on a personal view. Maybe you find many actresses both sweet and beautiful, maybe not.
Sometimes the exercise is wrong, not the students or the teacher. A sentence like that needs a bit more context. It happens to me as well - I�m writing an exercise knowing exactly what I mean with a sentence and forgetting that the students cannot read my mind.
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14 Feb 2016
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alien boy
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To me you could use either �few � or �many � and be correct, as long as you are accurately expressing your opinion. Geovane, you �re absolutely correct that either can be used because there is no further context provided.
Cheers, AB |
14 Feb 2016
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cunliffe
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True - either could be used. Intuitively, I would go for �few �. The point being made is that most actresses are not both sweet and beautiful. (Most likely). |
15 Feb 2016
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gharbi2009
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could it be "one of the fewest"? |
15 Feb 2016
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gportiglioti
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Thank you so much for your help guys!!! |
15 Feb 2016
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