Sweety10  +  268848 Mon, 18 Sep 06 03:42 PM Have you heard from any of the schools you have contacted? Do you have any bulldog puppies available? If you do please let me know the colors & price asap. Is the needed in both the sentences above? I really dont know when to use the in sentences. Please help me understand that. Also in sentence (2) above do I say price or prices? Thanks much. Sweety10 Joined on Tue, Sep 5 2006 New Member 29

	Philip  +  268881 Mon, 18 Sep 06 05:21 PM  Sweety10 wrote: Have you heard from any of the schools you have contacted? Do you have any bulldog puppies available? If you do please let me know the colors & price asap. Is the needed in both the sentences above? I really dont know when to use the in sentences. Please help me understand that. Also in sentence (2) above do I say price or prices? Thanks much. The plural could be used, if it is assumed that some puppies will cost more than the others.  Some would argue that 'the' should be repeated, but it sounds fine to me the way it is. Philip Joined on Thu, Jun 23 2005 Veteran Member 8,738 At reise er at leve! - H. C. Andersen Plurals

	pieanne  +  268892 Mon, 18 Sep 06 05:40 PM How about "their colors and prices"? pieanne Joined on Thu, Jan 20 2005 South of France ...But I'm Belgian! Veteran Member 7,517 I'm glad to help, but I'm not a native! And please excuse my typos...

	Yoong Liat  +  268930 Mon, 18 Sep 06 06:39 PM How about "their colors and prices"? I agree since it should be the 'prices of the puppies'.  If one puppy is mentioned, then 'the price of the puppy'.  Yoong Liat Joined on Mon, Sep 4 2006 Veteran Member 6,757

	Believer  +  269030 Mon, 18 Sep 06 11:03 PM Hi, I think in the first sentence the is required by the following restrictive clause, "you have contacted." As for the second sentence, I THINK, prices are possible and can be recommended because any puppies mean a few among many of the puppies and not necessary just one.  Believer Joined on Mon, Jan 2 2006 Contributing Member 1,969 Clauses

	Believer  +  269036 Mon, 18 Sep 06 11:13 PM Hi, I think in the first sentence the is required by the following restrictive clause, "you have contacted." As for the second sentence, I THINK, prices are possible and can be recommended because any puppies mean a few among many of the puppies and not necessary just one.  My Q: Can I say, "Do you have any puppy available? and if you do, what are their colors and prices." Is the sentence "Do you have any puppy available?" means just any one puppy and not a few among many puppies, and the writer is asking in a nonchalant way (ie, not caring much about what he will get)? To me, the sentence "Do you have any puppies availble" doesn't flow smoothly, I would rephrase it.      Believer Clauses