Question

4. Choose the variant that best completes each sentence.
1) It was a sight to see four lieutenants general/ lieutenant generals fight it out at the table. 2) He now has two
mothers-in-law/mother-in-laws. 3) There were 3 spoonsful/spoonfuls of honey left in the jar. 4) Are they
the knows
it-all/know-it-alls in your class? 5) You'll often meet them at the shows-off/show offs. 6) Have you ever participated
in sits-in/sit-ins? 7) Why did he take pictures of the onlookers/onslooker? 8) How many heads of state/head of
states participated at the annual reunion? 9) They are good-for-nothings/goods-for-nothing, you can't rely on them.
10)The attorney-generals/attorneys general present at the meeting signed the agreement. 11) I like neither takes-off/
take offs nor landings.12) They have got a two-year-old/two-years-old girl.

Answer 1

Răspuns:

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1) It was a sight to see four lieutenant generals fight it out at the table.

2) He now has two  mothers-in-law.

3) There were 3 spoonfuls of honey left in the jar.

4) Are they  the know-it-alls in your class?

5) You'll often meet them at the show-offs.

6) Have you ever participated  in sit-ins?

7) Why did he take pictures of the onlookers?

8) How many heads of state participated at the annual reunion?

9) They are good-for-nothings, you can't rely on them.

10) The attorneys general present at the meeting signed the agreement.

11) I like neither take-offs nor landings.

12) They have got a two-years-old girl.

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Știați cum se formează pluralul substantivelor compuse?

a) De obicei, elementul final se pune la plural:

• breakdown - breakdowns, bookcase - bookcases.

b) Dacă primul element este ”man” sau ”woman”, ambele elemente se pun la plural:

• gentleman farmer - gentlemen farmers, woman doctor - women doctors.

c) În cazul substantivelor numărabile compuse cu prepoziții, substantivul se pune la plural:

• passer-by - passers-by, mother-in-law - mothers-in-law.

d) Prepozițiile se vor pune la plural când substantivul compus provine din verb + preproziție:

• take-off - take-offs, grown-up - grown-ups.

e) În terminologia juridică, substantivul va fi pus la plural:

• attorney general - attorneys general, notary public - notaries public

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