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Pretty3
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Please help me
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Hi,
I have 2 questions
Which sentence is right :
1- They are American
2- They are Americans ?
Can we use the plural form with nationalities ??
Which question is right :
1- Make YesNo question ?
or
2- Make a YesNo question ??
Thanks a lot in advance :)
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13 Oct 2010
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pilarmham
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You can in this case, because American can be both a noun and an adjective. But you can �t do it in most cases! For example: Spanish is an adjective (it can never be plural!), Spaniard is a noun (so you can say 20 Spaniards, in plural).
I would say a yes / no question (questions are countable). |
13 Oct 2010
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lizamuni
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"They are American" is correct, not the second sentence because nationalities are adjectives and they aren�t used in plural form.
About the second question:
1- Make Yes/No questions (if you want many questions)
or
2- Make a yes/no question (if you want only one question)
Hope to have helped you!
Have a nice day!!!
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13 Oct 2010
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zoemorosini
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Hi there! In my opinion both "American" and "Americans" are correct, depending on the context.
For example: What nationality/country of origin are those people/things? They are American.
What are those people? Are they Englishmen? No, they are Americans.
For your second question, I would definitely use the phrase "A yes/no question" or "A yes/no answer."
Your American friend
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13 Oct 2010
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Pretty3
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Thank you
What about other nationalities like saudi , Qatari , Jordanian ...etc?
Can we use the plural form ?? |
13 Oct 2010
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mcolon
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pilarmham is right. That depends on its function within a sentences. If its used as a noun, it can be pluralized, opposed to adjectives which can �t!
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13 Oct 2010
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