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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are simply two" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a quantity or number of items in a straightforward manner.
Example: "The options available to us are simply two: to proceed with the project or to halt it."
Alternatives: "are just two" or "are merely two".
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These are simply two different ways in which to engage with the same medium.
Perhaps the oval ones and the pointed ones are simply two ends of a spectrum.
Emma and Adam are simply two hard-working professionals who live in different cities and have a tough time working each other into their schedules.
But life in the city and life in the bush are simply two sides of the same coin – and now of the same seven-inch record.
The two types of operational targets are not linked (they are simply two sets of targets) and an achieved target in either category can be "matched" with an achieved market cap target.
"Whether representative and direct democracy are actually incompatible, as plaintiffs argue, or whether they are simply two complementary ways of carrying out a republican government, as the American experience shows, is an interesting subject for philosophic and academic debate".
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There isn't a "No. 1 receiver" in that group – there are simply three very good targets.
She added that the way many Israelis view world events, "all our lives are simply one long Shoah".
Ultimately, of course, codes are simply one of several tools available to encourage energy savings in buildings.
Prison commissaries are simply one extreme example of an economic arrangement that I think of as the third-party decider.
In other words, trade numbers are simply one number among many.
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