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As a native speaker (BrE) it's not something I'd say, - "They are both in the room" or "Both of them are in the room"
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For me (BrE), "They both do something" but "They are both somewhere", not "They both are somewhere"
"If both refers to the subject of a clause, we can use it in the normal mid position for adverbs, between the subject and main verb ... or after be as a main verb:
They were both very nice, kind and beautiful (after be as a main verb)
Not: They both were very nice …"
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/linking-words-and-expressions/both
Sono gets me everytime, I always think it means "I am", and I forget about "They are". Haha
For femenine nouns.
-dove sono le ragazze? -sono entrambe nella stanza.
For masculine nouns (e. g. Ragazzi) you use entrambi.
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Why isn't "bedroom" accepted as a translation for "stanza". My great grandmother was from Livorno, and I remember her calling her bedroom "la mia stanza". Or maybe not?
Your room is your bedroom, since you have a bed in it, but not all "stanze" are bedrooms.
Maybe it's difference between regions? Or maybe as a parent, you tell a kid "Go to your room", you obviously mean the bedroom.
Maybe because the word "same" doesn't appear in the sentence. That would have been "nella stessa stanza".
