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My birthday dinners were real pleaseure; the meals were good and the guests even better!
Our birthday dinners were real pleasures; The food was good and the companies were even better! ["food" is uncountable noun]
My birthday dinners were real pleasures; the food was good and the guest even better!
Our birthdays dinners were real pleasure;the entrees were good and the company of friends even better!
Our birthday parties were real pleasure; the entrees were good and the company of friends even better!
Our birthday dinners were a real pleasure, the food was good and our guests even better!
Doris: Aside from the missing article (and the spelling error), you did a nice job!You also missed the article before "pleasure", Aman.Jen got it, though!Kanako: you fell into the trap of trying to pluralize "company". But it is not countable in this context, so it can't be pluralized.Well done, Amanda. I would prefer "pleasure" to remain singular, but it could also be pluralized.
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My birthday dinners were real pleaseure; the meals were good and the guests even better!
Our birthday dinners were real pleasures; The food was good and the companies were even better!
["food" is uncountable noun]
My birthday dinners were real pleasures; the food was good and the guest even better!
Our birthdays dinners were real pleasure;the entrees were good and the company of friends even better!
Our birthday parties were real pleasure; the entrees were good and the company of friends even better!
Our birthday dinners were a real pleasure, the food was good and our guests even better!
Doris: Aside from the missing article (and the spelling error), you did a nice job!
You also missed the article before "pleasure", Aman.
Jen got it, though!
Kanako: you fell into the trap of trying to pluralize "company". But it is not countable in this context, so it can't be pluralized.
Well done, Amanda. I would prefer "pleasure" to remain singular, but it could also be pluralized.
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