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Thread #169229   Message #4090377
Posted By: Lighter
28-Jan-21 - 02:20 PM
Thread Name: BS: US Submariner Jargon - question
Subject: RE: BS: US Submariner Jargon - question
I disagree.

"They're in the rack" and "They're in their racks" are structurally identical to "They're in bed" and "They're in their beds."

No grammatical difficulty there.

"They're in bed" could be either one bed or separate beds.

Context is all.