Xanina
 
Reply Sun 6 Apr, 2014 08:54 am
Would you say, "He bears close resemblance to .." or " He bears a close resemblance to.."?
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Ragman
 
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Reply Sun 6 Apr, 2014 08:57 am
@Xanina,
Either way is acceptable.
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bobsal u1553115
 
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Reply Sun 6 Apr, 2014 09:00 am
Ragman's right!
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Setanta
 
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Reply Sun 6 Apr, 2014 09:03 am
As you're asking what i would say, i would say " . . . bears a close resemblance . . . "--the other sounds awkward to me.
contrex
 
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Reply Sun 6 Apr, 2014 09:08 am
@Setanta,
Setanta wrote:

As you're asking what i would say, i would say " . . . bears a close resemblance . . . "--the other sounds awkward to me.


Yes. Something bears a resemblance to something else.
JTT
 
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Reply Sun 6 Apr, 2014 11:37 am
@contrex,
Not the same collocation, Contrex.
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JTT
 
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Reply Sun 6 Apr, 2014 11:58 am
@Setanta,
I'm pretty sure that the OP was using the plural you. What good is advice from a you that doesn't know.

Ragman is right.
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