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Grammar and Linguistics > announcement/s
announcement/s
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liewsusfah
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announcement/s
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Which sentence should I use :
a) I �ve some announcement to make.
b) I �ve some announcements to make.
c) I �ve a few announcements to make.
Thanks in advance.
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22 Jun 2013
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cunliffe
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a) I �ve an announcement to make. b) is OK, but sounds a bit strange c) Fine. |
22 Jun 2013
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MoodyMoody
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To expound a bit on Lynne �s answers, "announcement" is a count noun. That means that you use "some," "a few,", or "a lot of" with the plural form. You would use "an" with the singular form (not "a" because "announcement" starts with a vowel sound).
By the way, in the USA, we rarely use "have" in a contraction if it is the main verb. We tend to use the contraction only if "have" is an auxiliary verb for the perfect tenses.
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22 Jun 2013
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cunliffe
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And to expand a bit on MoodyMoody �s answer - it would be more natural to say �I �ve got.. � (in England) |
22 Jun 2013
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