«A man’s hands» / Lingvo Live

Павел Казаковasked for translation 5 years ago

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A man’s hands

Уместен ли артикль ‘a’?

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⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 5 years ago

Да

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 5 years ago

“This hand cream has no perfume and more lanolin because it’s made for a man’s hands.”

Russ Sadded a comment 5 years ago

Uly, I'm confused. HANDS is plural. Why would we use 'a' article here?

grumbleradded a comment 5 years ago

может быть это потому, что артикль относится к man?
[a man]'s hands?

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 5 years ago

точно!

Russ Sadded a comment 5 years ago

In this case we could just say ... it’s made for man’s hands. without any article. could we?

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 5 years ago

Not really. That doesn’t sound as good.

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 5 years ago

MAN'S HANDS without an article sounds like РУКИ ЧЕЛОВЕЧЕСТВА

Russ Sadded a comment 5 years ago

I see. Can you give another similar example where we would use A article in a similar case?