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do they have some children vs do they have children

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in slightly different contexts. 'Do they have some children?' is used when you want to inquire about a specific number or about certain children. 'Do they have children?' is a more general question about whether or not a couple has any children.
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Last updated: June 06, 2024

do they have some children

This phrase is correct and can be used when asking about a specific number or certain children.

This phrase is used when you want to inquire about a particular number of children or specific children that someone may have.

Examples:

  • Do they have some children from their previous marriage?
  • Do they have some children living abroad?
  • Do they have some children attending the local school?
  • Some children walked into the hills.
  • Some children are born into these horrible situations.
  • Some children are more sensitive than other children.
  • Some children will do everything in their power to destroy you.
  • Some children are hurt more than others.
  • Some children do visit their parents now and again.
  • Maybe it was George Washington looking for some children to eat.
  • During the treatment with cefuroxime sodium, some children have experienced slight to moderate hearing loss.
  • At the park, chasing some children.
  • Some children jumped down and ran to the rock pools with bags.
  • Some children try to go on the island.
  • - I know, you brought back some children.
  • I have started teaching silat to some children.
  • The Nazis were letting some children go.
  • Not the adults, just some children.
  • Some children just don't know when to stop pretending.
  • One woman was pregnant, there were some children...
  • It takes a family to raise some children.
  • Trying to destroy this company for allegedly turning some children orange?
  • He has a wife and some children.

Alternatives:

  • Do they have any children?
  • Do they have children?
  • Do they have a few children?
  • Do they have several children?
  • Do they have many children?

do they have children

This phrase is correct and is a general question about whether or not someone has any children.

This phrase is used when you want to ask if someone has children in general, without specifying a particular number or type of children.

Examples:

  • Do they have children of their own?
  • Do they have children together?
  • Do they have children living with them?
  • The Harringstons, do they have any children?
  • Equality in the field of education has given women more opportunities in employment and vocational advancement, if, of course, they do not have children or put off having children until later.
  • What do they have in Kansas? CHILDREN:
  • - What do they have in Georgia? CHILDREN:
  • Fantastic room if you have children or guests.
  • Some of us even have children.
  • Not everyone has to have children.
  • If I wanted to have children.
  • We have children visiting their parents.
  • People who can't have children...
  • Element %1 cannot have children.
  • Here I have children per woman: two children, four children, six children, eight children - big families, small families.
  • The offenders are often men who have children themselves or who in their local community are good with children.
  • That's why people who shouldn't have children shouldn't have children.
  • Biologists term procreative success to mean the age where you have children and then another generation, the age when your children have children.
  • She chose to have children with him.
  • She said it was very inelegant to have children.
  • But I'd like to preserve my option to have children.
  • I have children I see every day.
  • Because you have children and are unmarried?

Alternatives:

  • Do they have kids?
  • Do they have offspring?
  • Do they have a family?
  • Do they have a child?
  • Do they have a son or daughter?

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