http://www.englishforums.com/English/GeneralEnglishGrammarQuestions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here.enCSMOD (Build: 3273.32735)http://www.englishforums.com/English/ADonatingDonationBox/gwqwb/post.htm#545191Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:19:14 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:545191Mr Wordy0http://www.englishforums.com/English/ADonatingDonationBox/gwqwb/post.htm#545191http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-545191.xml<p>What you&#39;ve written means that two people are&nbsp;holding one box. Is that what you wanted?&nbsp;If not then it should be &quot;... holding donation box<strong>es</strong> ...&quot;&nbsp;</p> <p>&quot;people&quot; is usually better than &quot;persons&quot;, and so it is here.</p> <p>&quot;donating box&quot; sounds odd to me. You should say &quot;donation box&quot;.</p> <p>&quot;holding ... on their hands&quot; is almost always wrong, and is here.</p> <p>&quot;holding ... with their hands&quot; is possible but not very natural.</p> <p>&quot;holding .. in their hands&quot; is most natural.</p> <p>However, you don&#39;t really need any of these: &quot;... holding a donation box.&quot; is fine by itself. The &quot;hands&quot; part doesn&#39;t really add any value (how else would they be holding it?)</p> <p>&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/ADonatingDonationBox/gwqgn/post.htmTue, 22 Jul 2008 23:39:55 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:545169Angliholic1http://www.englishforums.com/English/ADonatingDonationBox/gwqgn/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-545169.xmlI saw two <strong>people</strong> holding a <strong>donating</strong> box<strong> on</strong> their hands.<br />I saw two <strong>persons</strong> holding a <strong>donation</strong> box <strong>with</strong> their hands.<br /><br /><br />Hi, <br />Is it better to reword the first in the above as the second? Thanks.<div style="clear:both;"></div>