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Should it be "everyone wearing a face mask" instead?

 
 
Reply Mon 20 Jul, 2020 12:40 am
Would everyone wearing face masks help us slow the pandemic?

Should it be "everyone wearing a face mask" instead?

Thanks.
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tanguatlay
 
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Reply Mon 20 Jul, 2020 10:27 am
Could someone please help? Thanks.
engineer
 
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Reply Mon 20 Jul, 2020 10:29 am
@tanguatlay,
It's correct as written. Realistically, it doesn't matter, English speakers will know what you are saying either way.
tanguatlay
 
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Reply Mon 20 Jul, 2020 11:10 am
@engineer,
engineer wrote:

It's correct as written. Realistically, it doesn't matter, English speakers will know what you are saying either way.

Thanks.

But I would like to know which is the correct version if I were taking an exam.
engineer
 
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Reply Mon 20 Jul, 2020 11:36 am
@tanguatlay,
Face masks plural.
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InfraBlue
 
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Reply Mon 20 Jul, 2020 04:04 pm
In regard to an ESL test, I think the typical understanding of the sentence would require the singular "a face mask," a single mask for a single individual.

The sentence, however, can be read as referring to every individual who has multiple face masks that they wear.
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