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Why is it “gangster” rather than “gangsters”?
The suspect, along with his two younger siblings, became the most notorious gangster in the district.
The suspect, along with his two younger siblings, became the most notorious gangsters ...
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Number of noun modified by coordinated PP: “the [X-sg] of [Y] and [Z] is”, or “the [X-pl] of [Y] and [Z] are”?
I've tried searching Google and StackExchange for this one, but I find it difficult to state the problem generally and therefore have had no luck so far; apologies if the answer is already out there ...
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Question regarding “Two kinds of”
Which of these two is correct, and why?
two kinds of televisions
two kinds of television
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The battery, etc., is (are?) included.
When “etc.” is used with a singular subject, such as in the following sentence, should the verb be singular or plural?
The battery, etc., is included.
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When should the subject agree with the object of the preposition?
Quite often while I'm looking through research articles, I see sentences that start like this one:
The tensile strengths of the composites changed...
I generally change strengths to strength in ...
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Should a company be referred to as “he/she” or as “it”?
When a customer represents a company, not a person, and a pronoun is needed to refer back to that customer, should one use he/she, or should one use it?
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What rules make “Remember me, who am your friend” grammatical?
An acquaintance recalled this specific example from an English textbook, but it is jarring to my native ear. Is this an example of prescriptive grammarians gone wild?
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Either or me too [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Neither do I / Nor do I / Me neither / Me either
I have some questions about agreeing with things.
When the sentence is afirmative, you say "me, too" or "I don't"
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Referring to X (plural) units of Y as an “it”
I am reading The White Spider, a book on mountain climbing, and I got hung up on this passage which sounded wrong, although I can see why it isn't...
Herman couldn't be expected to hear him in ...
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Is this an inversion? If so, why would you use an inversion in this case?
Here's a quote from a CNN transcript, wherein a consumer psychologist says the following:
"What is relatively new are shoppers turning on other shoppers."
If "what is relatively new" were the ...
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S-V agreement: It is not clear what is/are meant by A and B
In the following sentence, the verb “are” strikes me as odd.
In paragraph 6, it is not clear what are meant by “the front unit” and “the central element”.
It seems that “. . . it is not clear ...
