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rare plurals Would it be correct to say "Three Basotho, five Seychellois and nine Liechtensteiners are among those killed in the earthquake in the Philippines"?
Or how would it be corrected?
- 10-Feb-2012, 17:42 #2
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Teacher Re: rare plurals It looks OK to me.
Originally Posted by balakrishnanijk 
- 10-Feb-2012, 17:53 #3
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Teacher Re: rare plurals I can't really imagine many native speakers of English wishing to report such detailed information.
Context is always important; labelling is rarely important.
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