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Dear teacher,

I'm a student from Taiwan. May I ask you a question, please?

Here's the situation: In a classroom,
teacher: Do you wash your faceS every day?
students: Yes, we wash our faceS every day!

Should I say "your faces/our faces" or "your face/our face"?

Thanks!
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I would use the plural for both.

No one will think that the children have more than one face each.
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Dear Bard_D,

Thank you so much!

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