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#2 (permalink) Fri Dec 08, 2006 8:20 am Both of my parents vs. Lots of my parents |
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Hi Hani
The word both refers to exactly two people or things. Lots refers to many people or things, but people don't have more than two parents.
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#3 (permalink) Thu Feb 26, 2009 9:34 am Both of my parents vs. Lots of my parents |
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Hi there,
Why cannot use 'all'?
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Zellzacks I'm new here and I like it ;-)

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#4 (permalink) Thu Feb 26, 2009 10:32 am Both of my parents vs. Lots of my parents |
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Hi Zellzacks,
'Parents' refers to two people - mother and father. 'All' would refer to more than two, at least.
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#5 (permalink) Wed Dec 30, 2009 16:19 pm Both of my parents vs. Lots of my parents |
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Is there any difference between both my parents ... and both of my parents ... Could "both my parents" have been acceptable in the test ? |
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_Philippe I'm new here and I like it ;-)
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#6 (permalink) Wed Dec 30, 2009 19:51 pm Both of my parents vs. Lots of my parents |
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Hello,
'Both my parents' would also work. 'Both of my parents' just emphasises the fact that it is the two of them and not just one but the meaning is really the same.
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