Questions tagged with plural

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Subject-verb agreement
Why is it sometimes I see a definite article + subject, plural, listed + singular verb? For example, the time ...
subject-verb agreement plural 0 votes, asked Jun 06 by Phoebe
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pluralizing when two consecutive verbs
We are creating job descriptions that typically start out with two verbs, and we are wondering if we pluralize both ...
plural consecutive Verbs 0 votes, asked Jun 05 by Chris B/C
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Plural or singular
I've got the following sentence: "Recent statistics (show) that in 2005 in the EU 41,600 people were killed in road ...
plural singular 0 votes, asked Jun 02 by Artur Strozynski
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Plural Possessive
What would the plural possessive of "competitor's" be? EX: (single competitor) "They will purchase your product, or your competitor's!" (many ...
plural possesive 0 votes, edited May 22 by sherry
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Plurals
Which of the following is correct: Joes’s performance on tasks that assessed his writing skills was variable. Joes’s performances on ...
plural 0 votes, asked May 14 by James
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public's eye or public eye
He wanted to get his book out in the public's eye. -OR- He wanted to get his book out in ...
possesive hyphen plural 0 votes, asked Mar 15 by Laura Adair
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Need to know how to use this word correctly.
I wanted to use the word 'elephant ear' in my story which is the plant I was referring to and ...
plants Usage plural singular 0 votes, asked Mar 09 by lee leeeder
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When subject is singular but predicate is plural
I may be using the word predicate incorrectly (as I forget a lot of grammar terms) but how would you ...
singular plural 0 votes, asked Mar 08 by Brenner
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Singular and plural possesives
Hi, I have looked in my dictionary for an answer to this question but can't find it. I am wanting ...
plural possesive 0 votes, asked Mar 06 by Lee
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singular or plural referring to the components of a group
"...the low-eNd and high-eHf end is partial melts from garnet pyroxenits..." This is a technical paper so the nouns aren't ...
plural singular groups 0 votes, asked Jan 30 by Peter Meleney
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Plural form of a phrase
At our school, we pick one game a week to heavily promote and call it the Game of the Week. ...
plural Word Phrase 0 votes, asked Jan 26 by Josh
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Plural form of the word "word"
Good day, I have seen the plural form of the word "word" being used in many ways. I have seen ...
plural Difference Word words singular 0 votes, asked Dec 13 '12 by Bill Robinson
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singular&plural; preposition "into"
May I ask you to help me again, please. I have two questions now. The first one: "Ten per cent ...
into singular plural 0 votes, asked Dec 02 '12 by Lola
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students, students' and students'
Hello, I am having problems with the apostrophe in this word. My theory is that if there is a noun ...
possession plural apostrophe -1 votes, asked Oct 12 '12 by Katrina Stobie
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Should I use singular "knows" or plural "know" in sentence below
Only teaching staff knows they work in a magnet school and can identify the theme. or Only teaching staff know ...
plural 0 votes, asked Aug 10 '12 by Mattie
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Should I use singular "knows" or plural "know" in sentence below
Only teaching staff knows they work in a magnet school and can identify the theme. or Only teaching staff know ...
plural 0 votes, asked Aug 10 '12 by Mattie
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Which is correct--have or had?
I'm stumped. Does the "all of which" refer back to the singular "inner world" or to the list: "thoughts, beliefs," ...
all singular plural 0 votes, asked Apr 25 '12 by Peggy
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