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PLease help me , I have been writing an essay for 24 hours and now my brain won't work

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Iloveclimbinghills · 06/08/2010 22:14

I want to refer to more than one doubting Thomas.

Am I right to say:

Doubting Thomases
Doubting Thomas'

I am sure I am being thick but I am exhausted. But surely there is no possession between Thomas and the doubting. I am just writing a plural. But then my sore head is telling me that the doubting nature belongs to all those naughty people called Thomas.

Thankyou, I am sorry for being rather dim.

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winnybella · 06/08/2010 22:15

What's the whole sentence?

winnybella · 06/08/2010 22:15

If just writing plural, then the first example.

Iloveclimbinghills · 06/08/2010 22:17

It is upstairs on my memory stick but roughly it says
The Bible castigates doubting Thomases and therefore we should not be surprised when Christians are eager to believe in miracles.

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Iloveclimbinghills · 06/08/2010 22:17

It looks ugly though winny.

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NotQuiteCockney · 06/08/2010 22:19

It does look ugly, but it's right.

You could say 'In the Bible, doubting Thomas was castigated, therefore ...'

Iloveclimbinghills · 06/08/2010 22:20

Ooh thanks NQC I have been sat here for 10 mins trying to find a way or writing the sentence without using a plural of Thomas.

Deadline is 90 minutes, I am a bad student. Blush

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Trebuchet · 06/08/2010 22:21

Or "If the Bible castigates a doubting Thomas, should we then be surprised that Christians are eagar to believe in miracles?"

Iloveclimbinghills · 06/08/2010 22:22

Trebuchet I love you, you could almost make me believe in miracles.

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Iloveclimbinghills · 06/08/2010 22:23

And you have used fewer words, meaning I am getting down to my limit.

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Trebuchet · 06/08/2010 22:24

Ha Ha very glad to be of help although always easier to see clearer when its not your own I am hopeless at writing my own stuff!

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