Rabbits have long ears/two ears

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Winwin2011

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1. Rabbits have long ears.
2. Rabbits have two long ears.

Is sentence 2 natural?

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It is grammatically OK but I'm not sure it's necessary to specify that any mammal has two ears. As far as I know, that's the standard number of ears for mammals.

Now, if you had a rabbit with three long ears, that would be worth mentioning.

I would stick to "Rabbits have long ears".
 

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Hear! Hear! is a way of expressing agreement or approval. I dropped the aitches in a not very succesful attempt to be humorous.
 

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I dropped the aitches in a not very succesful attempt to be humorous.

It made me smile.

Rover

:), not :lol:
 
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