Learn English – “Right then left hand” or “hands?”

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Which of the following is correct?

washed his right then left hand

washed his right then left hands

Best Answer

There are many ways of expressing the thought I think your are thinking! Here are just a few:

  • I washed his right hand and then his left hand.

  • I washed his right hand first and then his left hand.

  • I washed his hands, first the left and then the right.

  • I washed his right hand first, and his left hand second.

  • I washed both his hands, first the left and then the right.

  • I washed his hands, left then right.

I could go on, but I won't. My point in giving you so many options is simply to demonstrate the multiplicity of ways in which you can say--in English, anyway--basically the same thing.

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