Pourquoi pas pluriel - avec leurs peaux dorées….
Plural ou non
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diana b.Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Plural ou non
Toutes ces viennoiseries alléchantes qui me font de l'œil dans la vitrine, avec leur peau dorée et croustillante, tout juste sorties du four du boulanger
Asked 2 years ago
This question gets asked a lot. In French, one looks at the individual and not the group. Here is another example of that:
Les bébés suçent leur pouce. -- The babies suck their thumb. Here, in English, you would say "suck their thumbs". But in French, it is each baby that sucks his own thumb.
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