It should be "lives".Originally Posted by ostap77
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#1 21-Apr-2011, 08:32live can be a noun?
"To the bulk of these people Britain is a strange land, and there are some who do not speak its language. Many are Maltese of origin, but strangers in Malta, having spent their whole live in Egypt."
Would there be a mistake in this sentence? Can live be a noun?
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#2 21-Apr-2011, 08:52Re: live can be a noun?
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#3 21-Apr-2011, 14:18Re: live can be a noun?
The point may have escaped some readers' notice that 'lives' (pronounced /laɪvz/) is the plural of 'life'.
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#4 21-Apr-2011, 14:36Re: live can be a noun?
Our teacher told us that it's somewhat of a newspaper slang and that writers substitute "live" for "life".?? Originally Posted by BobK
The point may have escaped some readers' notice that 'lives' (pronounced /laɪvz/) is the plural of 'life'.
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#5 21-Apr-2011, 16:09Re: live can be a noun?
What kind of a newspaper would this be? Originally Posted by ostap77
Spelling mistakes or misuse of words isn't "slang".
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#6 21-Apr-2011, 18:16Re: live can be a noun?
I can't imagine any native English speaker substituting "live" for "lives". Originally Posted by ostap77
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#7 21-Apr-2011, 18:17Re: live can be a noun?
You might hear "lifes", though, in some regions. Originally Posted by bhaisahab
Last edited by bhaisahab; 21-Apr-2011 at 20:15.
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