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Is it okay to say "Captains Carter and Marvel"?
I just chose two generic names and searched for Captains Smith and Jones. Plenty of examples.
This is a perfectly normal construction, and can be extended to Messrs (pronounced messers, plural of ...
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Describing multiple choices with two options in a particular order in one statement
If you reject A, then options B and C become available.
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Describing multiple choices with two options in a particular order in one statement
"Choose A. Otherwise, choose B or C."
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otherwise:
used after an order or suggestion to show what the result will be if you do not follow that order or suggestion:
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How to explain this sentence structure
Subject: he; Predicate: the rest of it.
later: adverb modifying admitted.
having seen the dish on the menu: gerund phrase which serves as the object of verb admitted. "To" doesn't matter. I ...
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