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thank you:) - 04-11-2010, 05:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Koir View Post
"Wow, you are so kind!" is the natural sounding, correct expression in this case.
right... so people actually rearly use "How XXX or "What XXX"?

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"What great people!" would be the right thing to say, as you're making a declaration about a group of people and not a single person. The particle "a" is used mainly before a single item.
I see.

I wasn't sure about that because
in the TV or movie... I hear a lot of
"What a....."
or
"What the...."
but not plural ones... maybe I couldn't catch it...

but now I understand thank you!
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The second sentence ("Which bus goes to the Magical Town?") is correct. It is possible that more than one bus will have the same destination, but taking a different route. Especially if the buses are colour-coded as in the given example. However, since there is only one of you, one bus going to the destination you want is all you want to know. After you do find out which bus (or buses sharing a colour and possibly the same route) is correct, all that remains to be found out is which bus is closest to you that isn't driving away.
I see

so "which" is only used for singular? or grammartically OK to say Which+Plural?

The reason why I am so confused of this thing is...
when we are supporse to pick 1 when 2 things are there,
we say どちら(どっち) but when there are more than 3
we say どれ and
どっち rhymes with Which so it makes me more confused!

oh by the way,
"more than 2" means including 2 ? or has to be bigger than 2?
oh so confusing!
and how about
"over 18 years old" and "under 18 years old"? 18 years old belongs to both group?


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It will come with practice and experience, YYTT. I will try my best to help you.
Thank you so much Koir san,
I will try!

It's sunday afternoon here now and I am a bit hangover and tired...
that's not a healthy way to enjoy Sunday isn't it?
oh well...

Enjoy YOUR Sunday!!!


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