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Old 22-Dec-2006, 07:22
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Nobody can deny the benefits of the internet that brought to our life

or

Nobody can deny the benefits of the Internet bring to our life


Are they both wrong?
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Old 22-Dec-2006, 08:02
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Yes:
No one can deny the benefits (that) the internet has brought to our lives ('life' is OK, but it sounds better in the plural to me)
Or No one can deny that the internet has brought benefits...
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Old 22-Dec-2006, 14:22
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I think after "our" is "lives", but why it is ok here?
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Old 22-Dec-2006, 15:20
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Each of us has a separate life.
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Old 23-Dec-2006, 13:19
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But that is "our"
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Not necessarily- a married couple could talk about their life in the singular as they have a shared life together.
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But 'our' life in above sentence means "People' life"
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1 person 1 life
2 people 2 lives
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