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| 1. I haven't seen this many people out in a long time. (If this is okay, why? 'this' doesn't agree with 'many people' though?) 2. I haven't seen these many people out in a long time. (What does this mean?) Thanks. |
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Jack, why do you want to use "this/these", wouldn't it be correct just to say "I haven't seen many people out....." Sorry but I cannot understand the usage of these/this here, do you want to emphasize? Regards, Maeve |
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| Originally Posted by jack Are these correct? If not, why? What do they mean? 1. I haven't seen this many people out in a long time. (If this is okay, why? 'this' doesn't agree with 'many people' though?) 2. I haven't seen these many people out in a long time. (What does this mean?) Thanks. Jack, why do you want to use "this/these", wouldn't it be correct just to say "I haven't seen many people out....." Sorry but I cannot understand the usage of these/this here, do you want to emphasize? Regards, Maeve Hi Jack! I haven't seen this many people out in a long time. "This many" is the same as "this amount" of people. Plus - "I haven't seen many people out" doesn't have the same meaning at all. Of course you want to emphasize. "This many people" is a whole lot of them, "not many" is , well, not many. engelska |
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