Thread: This is...

If I'm talking about things in Plural, "keys" for example, can I say "this is (keys)"? Or "these are (keys)" only?

"These are keys" only...

Thank you.

If you are Yoda, you can say "Keys these are."

OK

поэтическое употребление обратного порядка слов здесь--

Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening
by Robert Frost , известный американский поэт.

Whose woods these are....

http://www.leasttern.com/HighSchool/poe ... yWoods.pdf

Originally Posted by chaika

поэтическое употребление обратного порядка слов здесь--

Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening
by Robert Frost , известный американский поэт.

Whose woods these are....

http://www.leasttern.com/HighSchool/poe ... yWoods.pdf

Right you are

Bright are the stars that shine
Dark is the sky

J.Lennon

Also, if the keys are in something singular (like a box), you can say "this is keys."

Originally Posted by challenger

Also, if the keys are in something singular (like a box), you can say "this is keys."

What?

Originally Posted by basurero

Originally Posted by challenger

Also, if the keys are in something singular (like a box), you can say "this is keys."

What?

I have a world-famous shoebox collection, but it's taking up so much room in my house that I've had to start storing things in the shoeboxes. I am now world-famous for my innovative storage system, and a reporter comes to ask me about the shoeboxes. I show him around the house, pointing to individual boxes and saying: "This is keys, this is shampoo, this is nickels..."

Well, you aren't referring to the keys then, so it is quite irrelevant Let's not make it more complicated then it has to be for our poor Russians

Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

Well, you aren't referring to the keys then

Hmm... good point

Originally Posted by challenger

Originally Posted by basurero

Originally Posted by challenger

Also, if the keys are in something singular (like a box), you can say "this is keys."

What?

I have a world-famous shoebox collection, but it's taking up so much room in my house that I've had to start storing things in the shoeboxes. I am now world-famous for my innovative storage system, and a reporter comes to ask me about the shoeboxes. I show him around the house, pointing to individual boxes and saying: "This is keys, this is shampoo, this is nickels..."

...and this is a mental hospital