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cristianeresende
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Guys;
I wrote an article and I�d like to know each of the following titles would be correct, or if both are correct:
A spoon full of sugar helps the medicine go down.
A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down.
Is it incorrect to use " a spoon full"?
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5 May 2012
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yanogator
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The first means "a spoon that is full of sugar...", so it would be wrong, because it is the sugar, not the spoon that is holding it, that does the job. The second, which is the title of a song, is the only correct choice. "spoonful" is a measurement. Bruce |
5 May 2012
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