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our life vs our lives

Both 'our life' and 'our lives' are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Our life' is singular and refers to the collective experience or existence of a group of people. 'Our lives' is plural and refers to the individual experiences or existences of each person in a group.

Last updated: March 15, 2024 • 8233 views

our life

This phrase is correct when referring to the collective experience or existence of a group of people.

Use 'our life' when talking about the shared experience or existence of a group of people.

Examples:

  • Our life together has been full of adventures.
  • As a community, our life revolves around helping each other.
  • Our life as a family is centered around love and support.
  • This makes our life as parliamentarians impossible.
  • It's impacted on our life.
  • Willingly we bet our life for a piece of seal.
  • MAN: It's the little things that ease our life.
  • We need some stability in our life, man.
  • Art breaks the monotony of our life.
  • That is the essence of our life, these forests.
  • So immediately, as Francesca said, we changed our life.
  • We needed to change the impact that this birth had on our life.
  • We're supposed to spend a third of our life in sleep.
  • We see quality logos in a number of areas of our life.
  • You can ruin our reputation and our life with a few well-chosen words.
  • Let's drink a toast to our life in the country.
  • Short is the time of our life.
  • Until you came into our life everything was fine.
  • Louise had always been part of our life.
  • That means we'll stay together all our life.
  • In a single moment, every dream of our life was shattered.
  • Each event in our life is part of a great plan.
  • Every aspect of our life has been reduced to binary code, Nick.

Alternatives:

  • the life we share
  • the life of our community
  • our shared existence

our lives

This phrase is correct when referring to the individual experiences or existences of each person in a group.

Use 'our lives' when talking about the separate experiences or existences of each person in a group.

Examples:

  • Our lives took different paths after college.
  • As friends, our lives are intertwined.
  • The choices we make impact our lives significantly.
  • Mission Blue truly changed our lives.
  • We let him into our lives.
  • The rest of our lives together...
  • There's nothing correct in our lives.
  • One county in Ohio changed our lives.
  • Your yenta-ing has ruined our lives.
  • For bringing little joel into our lives.
  • None of us were expecting Daniel in our lives.
  • Chaos already dominates enough of our lives.
  • Chief Mate Gonzalez saved our lives.
  • But she saved all our lives.
  • Risking our lives over a typewriter?
  • We were frightened of being left alone for the rest of our lives.
  • She just described every day of our lives.
  • We're both willing to trade our lives for the president.
  • She'll be out of our lives soon enough.
  • He has no influence on our lives.
  • It's about the increasing complications of our lives, of our situation today.
  • They want to control every aspect of our lives from the cradle to the grave.
  • We depend on the summer people for our lives...

Alternatives:

  • the lives we lead
  • our individual existences
  • our separate experiences

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