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modelena
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Hi dear friends,
can you please help me with these two doubts?
1) can you say:
- to make a holiday
- to have a holiday
- to do a holiday (I think this is wrong)
2) Family members:
- you say grandfather and grandmother and together they are grandparents
- you say mum and dad and together they are called parents
- you say uncle and aunt and together they are called....?
thank you for your help.
Elena
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1 Mar 2013
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yanogator
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Hi, Elena,
First of all, I am helping you with your questions, not doubts. This is a common error here at ESLP.
1) In the US, we say "vacation", but I think the verbs used are the same, which would be either "have a holiday" or "take a holiday" or "go on holiday".
2) There isn �t a collective term for aunts and uncles together. We say, "They are my aunt and uncle".
Bruce |
1 Mar 2013
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abitano
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Aunt and uncle keep their individual being to themselves... so to speak. |
1 Mar 2013
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ueslteacher
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Aunt and uncle could be called relatives but the term itself is more general and isn �t limitted to aunt and uncle alone. Sophia |
2 Mar 2013
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modelena
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Thank you all, for your help!
Elena
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2 Mar 2013
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