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Is the sentence fine?

 
 
Reply Tue 29 May, 2012 04:24 am
Is the following sentence awkward to native speakers?

All the children are each entitled to the an ice cream.

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Setanta
 
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Reply Tue 29 May, 2012 04:37 am
@tanguatlay,
All the children are each entitled to an ice cream.

The second definite article is wrong, and you have the correct indefinite article.

This might be better, but the sentence as i have it above works just fine:

All of the children are each entitled to an ice cream.

Finally, the simplest would be:

All the children are entitled to an ice cream.

Native speakers would understand that one ffor each of them is implied.

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ehBeth
 
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Reply Tue 29 May, 2012 07:06 am
@tanguatlay,
Each child is entitled to an ice cream.


Here we would say how the ice cream is served, i.e. ice cream cone, ice cream sundae, ice cream float, ice cream bowl. We don't really have "an ice cream", but I understand that may be a concept used in other countries.


izzythepush
 
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Reply Tue 29 May, 2012 08:52 am
@ehBeth,
We do in the UK, usually it means a cornet, but could mean any ice cream.
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carolgreen876
 
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Reply Wed 8 Aug, 2012 08:06 pm
@tanguatlay,
all children are entitled to the ice cream
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JTT
 
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Reply Fri 10 Aug, 2012 05:50 am
@tanguatlay,
Quote:
All the children are each entitled to [the] an ice cream.


Context is vital to determining what is natural and unnatural, Ms Tan.

As a normal neutral lead statement, it's a bit much but still possible. Used as an emphatic response to a previous statement, it would work.

All the children are each entitled to ice cream.

All the children are each entitled to an ice cream.
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andreynort
 
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Reply Mon 13 Aug, 2012 08:30 am
@tanguatlay,
All of the children are each entitled to an ice cream. Put preposition
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