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The "Is Hillary is a boy/girl" question doesn't make sense to me. The sentence is poorly written to begin with (Who would ever write such a sentence that way?). You cannot know if the person is a boy or girl from what you're given, unless you assume "Hillary" is a girl's name. Otherwise, it's grammatically impossible.
 
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7/10, but English is not my mother tongue so I have an excuse :biggrin1: ...well half an excuse, as I studied English at college.

By the way, I'm glad the question about siblings doesn't make sense to English speakers either. My other mistakes were the one about the Queen's dress and another question where I had read "which one is correct" instead of "which one is not correct". Silly me.

arthurdent said:
Where Billy had had "had", Johnny had had "had had"; had "had had" had the teacher's approval, Johnny would have passed.
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Gosh, it took me forever to figure this one out. :tongue:
 
10/10 but I had to guess on gerund, so it's more like a 9/10.

On the bro/sis:

"I'd like to introduce you to my sister Clara, who lives in Madrid, to Benedict, my brother who doesn't, and to my only other sibling, Hilary."

There are 3 siblings. Benedict is the brother who doesn't live in Madrid, so Hilary would have to be the brother who lives in Madrid.
 
crushinonted said:
10/10 but I had to guess on gerund, so it's more like a 9/10.

On the bro/sis:

"I'd like to introduce you to my sister Clara, who lives in Madrid, to Benedict, my brother who doesn't, and to my only other sibling, Hilary."

There are 3 siblings. Benedict is the brother who doesn't live in Madrid, so Hilary would have to be the brother who lives in Madrid.
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I don't agree! They could still say, 'and my remaining sister.' I guess, cos they didn't you're left to assume he's a boy. But... whatever. :p
 
crushinonted said:
10/10 but I had to guess on gerund, so it's more like a 9/10.

On the bro/sis:

"I'd like to introduce you to my sister Clara, who lives in Madrid, to Benedict, my brother who doesn't, and to my only other sibling, Hilary."

There are 3 siblings. Benedict is the brother who doesn't live in Madrid, so Hilary would have to be the brother who lives in Madrid.
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That one certainly stumped a lot of us. I still don't see how we are to automatically assume Hilary is a boy just because of a missing comma before "who doesn't"?

To begin with it's a terribly constructed sentence. Secondly, it's dialog, which the author may take liberties with depending on what type of express or delivery he wishes for the character. Taken out of context it could mean any number of things. Hell, Hilary could be ashes in a jar on a shelf in the speaker's Berlin apartment who's sex may never be known.

I'd like to pose the question to the experts who wrote this: What if Hilary was a hermaphrodite?
 
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Mercurygirl said:
I'd like to pose the question to the experts who wrote this: What if Hilary was a hermaphrodite?
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What if I were to just kill Hilary, and take him out the equation (but not because he's an hermaphrodite, lol)?? :biggrin1:
 
Drifterwood said:
Let's see.......


BBC News - 10 questions on grammar

Claiming US exceptionalism will not be accepted! :biggrin1:
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I thought I thought of a new word today....create'ees. Till I was told there was no such word via the Dicktionary. Guess it did not come afore 'grammar' itself was invented as a word. Late again....:)

Oi...or oI, which, the accentuation on the vowel O or I ?
 
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Mercurygirl said:
That one certainly stumped a lot of us. I still don't see how we are to automatically assume Hilary is a boy just because of a missing comma before "who doesn't"?

To begin with it's a terribly constructed sentence. Secondly, it's dialog, which the author may take liberties with depending on what type of express or delivery he wishes for the character. Taken out of context it could mean any number of things. Hell, Hilary could be ashes in a jar on a shelf in the speaker's Berlin apartment who's sex may never be known.

I'd like to pose the question to the experts who wrote this: What if Hilary was a hermaphrodite?
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What if Hilary was Asexual even? Gives cause to the reason Bill felt the need to cobble.
 
Mercurygirl said:
That one certainly stumped a lot of us. I still don't see how we are to automatically assume Hilary is a boy just because of a missing comma before "who doesn't"?

To begin with it's a terribly constructed sentence. Secondly, it's dialog, which the author may take liberties with depending on what type of express or delivery he wishes for the character. Taken out of context it could mean any number of things. Hell, Hilary could be ashes in a jar on a shelf in the speaker's Berlin apartment who's sex may never be known.

I'd like to pose the question to the experts who wrote this: What if Hilary was a hermaphrodite?
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I totally agree.
 
Drifterwood said:
May I introduce you to my brother and sister, Hilary and Clara who live in Madrid, and my only other sibling, Benedict, who doesn't.

It was the one that I got wrong.
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I get grammar wrong all the time. I think I deserve a Grammy Award.
 
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