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Grammar and Linguistics > Blonde???
Blonde???
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Dayana
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Blonde???
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Please help me...
I`m confused because I`ve found in one worksheet here...
She`s got blonde hair
Is that ok?
I guess the correct way is
She is blonde. OR
She has got blond hair
What`s the correct form?
Diana |
1 Jul 2009
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mjpa
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I would use : I�m blonde, rather than I�ve got blond/e hair.
But I�m not a native speaker, so ..... |
1 Jul 2009
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lgk1000
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Hi Diana,
I had actually thought your question was about the contraction of "she �s", not how blond was spelled. If you were really just asking about spelling then you can ignore the rest of this...
She �s is a contraction for both "she is" and "she has"
�She �s got blonde hair � is correct because it means �She has got blonde hair � (like you wrote).
The thing is, we tend to say when speaking "She �s got blonde hair" but write "She has got blonde hair" so both are okay.
Hope this was helpful 
Leila |
1 Jul 2009
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mjpa
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But what�s the verb we should use? Be or have? |
1 Jul 2009
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littlecityblue
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As a native speaker, both are used and, as far as I �m aware are correct. So, both �she is blonde � and �she has got blond(e) hair � are acceptable, and are used equally. I must say, I �ve never ever heard �blondie � used, though, except perhaps as a nickname. It certainly isn �t British English.
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1 Jul 2009
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Dayana
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thank you all 
Diana |
1 Jul 2009
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douglas
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As a native Californian, I agree with littlecityblue.
Blondie is a name from a comic strip (Blondie and Dagwood) and "Blondie" is also sometimes used when some one is trying to "talk down" to somebody: "Don"t ask me, ask "Blondie" over there. She �s the genious" (spoken sarcastically). |
1 Jul 2009
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Zora
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As a Canadian... I use both BUT to me (for some reason) "blonde" is for a girl and "blond" is used for a guy... It might be the French mixed in with that logic... *shrugs*
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2 Jul 2009
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Olindalima ( F )
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well, I have just arrived, so... some more ashes in the fire..
Blond and fair...?
What would you say? she has got fair / blond hair ?
Are they the same, or just similar?
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2 Jul 2009
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Apodo
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She has fair hair.
She is fair haired.
She has blonde hair.
She is a blonde.
but...
There is strawberry blonde, platinum blonde etc. for different shades of light coloured hair.
Blonde or fair? Much the same, but Mariyn Monroe is definitely �blonde � not fair haired.
Maybe it �s something to do with who and the context. What do others think? |
2 Jul 2009
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