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Discussion Groups / English Usage / July 2009Thank you, both.
Two of you have been very helpful. Thank you, both. Is the first line correct? It feels like jamais vu. I must have seen it, but I don't remember it.  SignaturePosters should say where they live, and for which area they are asking questions. I have lived in Western Pa. 10 years Indianapolis 10 years Chicago 6 years Brooklyn, NY 12 years Baltimore 26 years > Two of you have been very helpful. Thank you, both. > > Is the first line correct? I only see one line. Assuming you mean the first sentence, yes -- but (absent context) it implies that "you" comprises more than two people, the rest of them less helpful than those addressed in the second sentence. If "you" is intended to comprise only the two helpful individuals, the definite article is needed: "The two of you ...." SignatureOdysseus >> Two of you have been very helpful. Thank you, both. >> >> Is the first line correct? > >I only see one line. Oops. It started out longer. >Assuming you mean the first sentence, yes -- but That cerainly makes snese, but I meant the second sentence, which originally was on the second line. I must be sleepy. >(absent context) it implies that "you" comprises more than two people, >the rest of them less helpful than those addressed in the second >sentence. If "you" is intended to comprise only the two helpful >individuals, the definite article is needed: "The two of you ...." Thanks. SignaturePosters should say where they live, and for which area they are asking questions. I have lived in Western Pa. 10 years Indianapolis 10 years Chicago 6 years Brooklyn, NY 12 years Baltimore 26 years > >> Two of you have been very helpful. Thank you, both. > >> [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > That cerainly makes snese, but I meant the second sentence, which > originally was on the second line. I must be sleepy. If you're really asking about "Thank you, both," then my comment is that the comma should be deleted and the sentence would be better as "Thanks to both of you." SignatureJohn Varela Trade NEWlamps for OLDlamps for email >> >> Two of you have been very helpful. Thank you, both. >> >> [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >that the comma should be deleted and the sentence would be better as >"Thanks to both of you." People do say that. I'm sure of it. Isn't "both" short for "both of you"? Wwhat if I were a reporter transcribing what someone had said? Would there be a comman then? SignaturePosters should say where they live, and for which area they are asking questions. I have lived in Western Pa. 10 years Indianapolis 10 years Chicago 6 years Brooklyn, NY 12 years Baltimore 26 years > >> >> Two of you have been very helpful. Thank you, both. > >> >> [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > People do say that. I'm sure of it. I don't disagree with that. Nonetheless I think the version with "to" is better. > Isn't "both" short for "both of you"? It could be "Thank you, both for the lunch and for the bribe money." Context is all. > Wwhat if I were a reporter transcribing what someone had said? > Would there be a comman then? Only if the speaker paused between words. SignatureJohn Varela Trade NEWlamps for OLDlamps for email |
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