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Forum: English Questions Oct 9th, 2007, 05:49 pm
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Posted By mesmark
Re: How many people do you have in your family?

I agree. It's not a question I ask either. It's probably a cultural thing and as an American, not really something I care about.

I think it might be because Japanese people tend to live with their...
Forum: English Questions Oct 4th, 2007, 10:32 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 79,321
Posted By mesmark
Re: How many people do you have in your family?

Interesting. Are you assuming the listener is an adult? One that has a spouse and children?

I assume the adult population is the market you're looking for, and I only ask, because I teach mostly...
Forum: English Questions Sep 28th, 2007, 06:17 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 79,321
Posted By mesmark
Re: How many people do you have in your family?

Thanks for the responses.

I think I'll go back to them with the 'in my family' and not being a component of it.

What about:
One student said, "We have 32 students in our class."
Forum: English Questions Sep 25th, 2007, 08:51 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 79,321
Posted By mesmark
How many people do you have in your family?

'How many people do you have in your family?'

Is this a general construction you would use?

The answer then being:

'I have four people in my family, my parents, my sister and me.'

It's strange to...
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