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Reply Mon 12 Jun, 2017 12:05 pm
what is error in "the half pants of my brother are shorter than mine"
the error is in "the half pants" but whats wrong in it?
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centrox
 
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Reply Mon 12 Jun, 2017 12:36 pm
Nobody says 'half pants' in standard English. Maybe it is a local variant where you are. Do you mean shorts?

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ehBeth
 
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Reply Mon 12 Jun, 2017 12:39 pm
@Gamiz123,
What are half pants?
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centrox
 
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Reply Mon 12 Jun, 2017 12:46 pm
Mystery solved.

http://i.imgur.com/OfgNMGc.jpg
ehBeth
 
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Reply Mon 12 Jun, 2017 12:49 pm
@centrox,
sheesh

and I thought it was weird when the fashion world tried to tell me 7/8th's length pants were in. just call them ankle-length. we already know what that means.
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centrox
 
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Reply Mon 12 Jun, 2017 01:16 pm
My previous grab was Oxford; this is Cambridge (English Dictionaries)
http://i.imgur.com/aCFv9pC.jpg


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Gamiz123
 
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Reply Mon 12 Jun, 2017 03:16 pm
yes it means shorts but can we use article "the" before it?
centrox
 
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Reply Mon 12 Jun, 2017 03:39 pm
@Gamiz123,
Gamiz123 wrote:

yes it means shorts but can we use article "the" before it?

You not only can, you must.
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