Would you consider it an appropriate statement in mixed company?
2006-10-10 22:46:38 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
Don't get your singulars and plurals mixed up. I didn't say a pregnant woman expects babies; I said pregnant WOMEN expect babies.
2006-10-11 20:33:59 · update #1
Actually this sentence is correct as it stands. It talks about pregnant women (not a pregnant woman). So if the number of women is plural, it would have to be babies. (a child can't have 2 mothers giving birth to it... yet).
Nothing wrong in saying this in mixed company.
2006-10-11 00:50:51 · answer #1 · answered by blind_chameleon 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nothing impolite that I can see. In the interests of accuracy it could be "Pregnant women always expect A baby".
2006-10-10 22:58:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't say it in mixed company...
Only because you never know someones past...
What if a woman has just had a miscarriage recently and you didn't know about it... Or you say it to the man whose wife just had a miscarriage or a still born birth, etc.
:)
Best Wishes...
T.
2006-10-10 22:53:35 · answer #3 · answered by Theophania 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually they expect to become a MOTHER.Whatever maybe the number of baby(ies).She becomes what she has wanted to be.
MOTHER OF A CHILD OR CHILDREN
2006-10-10 23:16:58 · answer #4 · answered by Emjay 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That is why they call them expectant, yes I would qualify that statement.
2006-10-10 22:57:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
That's not true! They only expect babIES if they are expecting twins or triplets or more.
2006-10-10 23:09:22 · answer #6 · answered by Chelin Fdez. 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
what else should they expect?? turnips??
2006-10-10 22:57:27 · answer #7 · answered by at 2 · 5⤊ 0⤋