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 Slam Juice

link 25.11.2006 21:25 
Subject: Does this sound natural to you?
I gave a present to each of the women in the room.

 Madjesty

link 25.11.2006 21:29 
Was it one and the same present?:-)

imho
to every woman

 tiina

link 25.11.2006 21:29 
may be- to everyone of the women
is better

 Slam Juice

link 25.11.2006 21:32 
Thanx!

Myself I'd say " to every woman". Well, I'll put my question differently. Is it gramatically correct to say so?

 Slam Juice

link 25.11.2006 21:35 
And one more question if you don't mind..

Is it possible to say " Alice bought a couple of loaf of bread. Alice bought a couple of jar of honey"?

 Madjesty

link 25.11.2006 21:36 
two loaves of bread

 donkey_hot

link 26.11.2006 3:32 
i gave a [similar] present to every woman in the room;
...couple [of] loaves of bread
...couple [of] jars of honey

imo

 PERPETRATOR™

link 26.11.2006 7:39 
Лучше вместо women написать ladies...

 Katomba

link 26.11.2006 8:56 
All the ladies in the room received presents from me.

 aza

link 26.11.2006 14:23 
В контексте можно
I had a present for every woman in the room.

 

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