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A majority of those whose family or families
Is "family" both plural and singular? or would I have to say families for the plural form. for example, which of these is the best option:
"A majority of those whose family were unaware of their ...
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When ordering coffee, do you say “two milks” or “two milk”?
I've already searched the site if this question had been asked before however I didn't find anything related to my question. Every time I order coffee some people sort of correct me by saying 2 milks ...
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“There is a plethora…” or “There are a plethora…”? [duplicate]
A simple question that has sparked some debate, and I couldn't find a concrete answer anywhere. There seems to be two camps: The word plethora indicates plural, so therefore it should be "There are a ...
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“Acme Ltd provide” vs. “Acme Ltd provides” [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Are collective nouns always plural, or are certain ones singular?
I'm a little confused if I should be using provide or provides in the following situation.
Acme ...
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Collective nouns and subject-verb agreement: general rule or arbitrary?
A newspaper ran this headline recently:
(1) Police crack down on IAC protesters. [emph added]
Why did it not read:
(2) ? Police cracks down on IAC protesters.
I have found instances of ...
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Collective noun “police” — singular or plural? [closed]
A newspaper ran this headline today:
Police crack down on IAC protesters.
Isn't the following more appropriate?
Police cracks down on IAC protesters.
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“Much feces” vs. “many feces”
I want to know which word I should use in the following sentence:
How many/much feces does a human produce in one year?
I found that both versions exist on the Internet.
Any help would be ...
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Are collective nouns always plural, or are certain ones singular?
I'd say Microsoft have a way of bending the rules and I know that McLaren have won the championship. While this sounds strange, I believe it is correct English (sorry, I'm not native).
But when it's ...
