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Old 18-Jun-2006, 11:05
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Dear Teachers

Could anyone answer my querries pl?

Q Tousist's images of France range from cosmopolitan to the pastoral.

A. Tourist's images of France range from the cosmopolitan to the pastoral.

My querry is:

Shouldn't it be "Tourist image of France range from the cosmopolitan to the pastoral"
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You have 'tourist's' in the singular, which doesn't make much sense to me- I assume it should be plural, in which case I am happy with the use of 'images' as they are different views of the country.
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Thank you very much.
Just one more thing:
What should I write for tourist's then?
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What are you supposed to be doing? To make it plural, shift the apostrophe- tourists'
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