A few days ago
Is it grammatically correct to say “the others musicians”?
I had a grammar test in school…i’ll type the whole question so you know: “A few musicians are good. All of _____ musicians are amateurs.” In the space i used “the other”(so it would be the other musicians etc.) And the teacher says it’s “the others musicians”…i mean isn’t that a misuse of the “s” ?
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A few days ago
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You are correct. “Other” is never pluralized when it is used as an adjective. However, if that sentence did not have “musicians,” “others” would be functioning as a noun. For example:
All of the others are amateurs.
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A few days ago
I don’t think that your teacher was feeling well. But as is nearly always the case with grammatical problems you can evade them by re-wording.
In this case I would have just one sentence “A few musicians are good; the rest are amateurs.”
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A few days ago
Your teacher is confused.
You are correct: All of the other musicians are amateurs.
But you could say: All of the others are amateurs.
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A few days ago
Yeah, something’s weird with your teacher because you were right the first time. Good luck!
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A few days ago
the only thing i think is that ur teacher is wrong!maybe he/she was thinking about other things at the moment…causing 2 answer u incorrectly..try asking other teachers,so i think u’ll find out he/she is wrong.
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A few days ago
yes ,you are absolutely right. teachers are are not perfect, in this case the teacher was wrong.
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A few days ago
You’re right! The way you answered it was correct.
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A few days ago
Your teacher is insane. You were right.
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