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al_borland 17 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: English: A vs. An

I suppose you could say, “they are both doctors” or “they are all doctors.”

Those sound fine to me, depending on context.

aldanor 17 days ago | [–]

Yes, but then it may sound as if "both/all" is being highlighted which it isn't in the neutral "they are doctors" statement

zelphirkalt 17 days ago | [–]

And there we get to the word both or all, where interestingly Mandarin has an (over)insistence on using it, even in places, where it seems unnecessary.

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