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Hi English teachers,
are my below sentences acceptable? Many thanks in advance.
A person can have many houses. However, only one home can a person have.

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@Loh Jane,

The first one is ok.

The second one has its word order mixed up.

"However, a person can have only one home."

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NO!
YOU can have lots of homes.
So STOP BEING STUPID!

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@Loh Jane,

Many houses can a person have, but only one home
Many houses but only one home can a person have

A person can have many houses but only one home (one home only)
One can possess many houses (many a house) but (tho) just one home

Though anybody might possess any number of houses, he can have just one home

Many a house though he might own, only one home can he possess

Good gosh Mark what is it with you this morning anyhow

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@dalehileman,

Hi dal,
your sentences look better but are my sentences acceptable?
A person can have many houses. However, only one home can a person have.

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@dalehileman,

Thank you.

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@Loh Jane,

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but are my sentences acceptable?

I think grammatically okay

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@Loh Jane,

Loh Jane wrote:

However, only one home can a person have.

A lot of people in Britain have "second homes" either in other parts of the UK or in other countries - Spain, France, Ireland, for example.

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@Loh Jane,

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A person can have many houses. However, only one home can a person have.

Yes, they're fine, Jane. The second is rather lyrical/poetic.

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are my below sentences acceptable?

This sentence, Jane, is most assuredly not acceptable. I've mentioned this to you before that we do not use 'below' in this frontal position.

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@contrex,

Perhaps Jane is referring to 'home' in its most endearing sense as in 'home and hearth'.

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@JTT,

Hi JTT,
what word should I use for the above-mentioned sentence?

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@contrex,

Hi contrex,
I think I may have understood wrong, I thought 'home' meant the owner who normally stayed. Can I use a 'main residence' to replace the 'home'?

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@contrex,

Hi contrex,
I think I may have understood wrong, I thought a 'home' meant the owner who normally stayed. Can I use a 'main residence' to replace the 'home'?

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@JTT,

Hi JTT,
can I say 'Please correct my English sentence below'?

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@Loh Jane,

"English Grammar" is an oxymoron. If you wish to study grammar, you need to study some language (German, Russian...) which actually has grammar.

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@gungasnake,

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"English Grammar" is an oxymoron. If you wish to study grammar, you need to study some language (German, Russian...) which actually has grammar.

If you thought, Gunga, even for a millisecond, you would realize just how ignorant this notion of yours is.

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@Loh Jane,

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Hi JTT,
can I say 'Please correct my English sentence below'?

Yes, you can, Jane. That is the much much much preferred position among native speakers.

After some considerable research, I find that this turns out to be rather difficult to explain. I'm still working on it.

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@JTT,

English doesn't have grammar. I mean there's a trace of a genitive case indicating possession and pronouns decline, but that's about all there is left of Ind-European grammar in English. English basically uses word order and prepositions in lieu of grammar.

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@gungasnake,

Keep going, Gunga. This will stand as a dictionary definition of 'ignorant'.

If English grammar was as simple as you suggest, you'd be there, front and center, explaining it. Where ya been, laddie?

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