Grammatikfrage

German translation: Version b)

16:23 Jul 14, 2017
German language (monolingual) [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general)
German term or phrase: Grammatikfrage
Kann mir jemand sagen, welche der folgenden Versionen korrekt ist:

a) Nach dem Treffen gaben Andreas Müller und Hans Meier, **beides** Senior Product Manager bei der XXX AG, ihre weiteren Pläne für das Projekt bekannt.

a) Nach dem Treffen gaben Andreas Müller und Hans Meier, **beide** Senior Product Manager bei der XXX AG, ihre weiteren Pläne für das Projekt bekannt.

Danke im Voraus!
Olaf Reibedanz
Colombia
Local time: 12:03
Selected answer:Version b)
Explanation:
"beides" wäre ja sächlich...
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Jutta Deichselberger
Local time: 19:03
Grading comment
Danke euch!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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4 +8Version b)
Jutta Deichselberger


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
Version b)


Explanation:
"beides" wäre ja sächlich...

Jutta Deichselberger
Local time: 19:03
Works in field
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Danke euch!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sabine Reichert
0 min

agree  Ellen Kraus: Beide
5 mins

agree  Karin Monteiro-Zwahlen
14 mins

agree  Henk Sanderson
19 mins

agree  Thomas Pfann: Duden-Band 9: „In bestimmten Fällen (aber nicht, wenn es sich um Personen handelt) kann man statt der allein stehenden Pluralform beide den neutralen Singular beides verwenden.“ Betont die kollektive Einheit: A und B, beides hatte er
28 mins

agree  Geneviève von Levetzow
1 hr

agree  Sabine Akabayov, PhD
1 hr

agree  Dr. Derk von Moock
23 hrs
  -> Gesammelten Dank:-)
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