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heights
hi there,
should i use 'height' or 'heights' in the following sentence:
Throwing objects from height OR heights is a crime.
simon
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Re: heights

Originally Posted by
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hi there,
should i use 'height' or 'heights' in the following sentence:
Throwing objects from height OR heights is a crime.
simon
Throwing objects from heights is a crime.- correct
Heights throwing objects is a crime - correct
Throwing objects from any height can cause serious harm.- correct
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Re: heights

Originally Posted by
teia_petrescu
correct
Heights throwing objects is a crime - correct
I don't think this is correct - what exactly would it mean?
Another way of saying this:
Throwing objects from a height is dangerous/a crime.
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Re: heights

Originally Posted by
Anglika
I don't think this is correct - what exactly would it mean?
Another way of saying this:
Throwing objects from a height is dangerous/a crime.
I think I`ve read it in a newspaper as a headline. I guess I should have used it only as a kind of title, with no other grammar constructions following :
Throwing objects from heights [not heights throwing objects
as I said]
Last edited by Teia; 30-Sep-2007 at 15:47.
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