Timeline for "On their back" or "on their backs"? [duplicate]
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| Feb 2 at 18:42 | history | closed |
Edwin Ashworth Chappo Hasn't Forgotten Chenmunka |
Duplicate of "Those who qualify will be awarded a certificate" or "those who qualify will be awarded certificates"?, "Everybody's using a cell phone nowadays" vs. "Everybody's using cell phones nowadays" | |
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| Nov 14, 2020 at 15:45 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | These constructions are often variable, the tendency to use the singular becoming more marked with more fixed phrases. All the books you have been issued have a receipt in the back, which you must sign and hand in. | |
| S Jul 22, 2020 at 17:06 | history | bounty ended | CommunityBot | ||
| S Jul 22, 2020 at 17:06 | history | notice removed | CommunityBot | ||
| Jul 21, 2020 at 20:22 | comment | added | Phil Sweet | A key aspect of this one is that elements of an experiment are supposed to be independent. Granularity is inherent in experimental design. Thus there were eight separate events of a child crawling on their back. Contrast this with a business closing causing 25 people to lose their jobs. I don't think it matters much whether the agreement issue crosses a prepositional phrase or clause boundary. The inclusion of the percentage value may well confuse the matter of event discreteness. | |
| Jul 21, 2020 at 18:58 | comment | added | Phil Sweet | I'm more puzzled by the sample size of 18.6 children. | |
| Jul 21, 2020 at 4:38 | answer | added | Elliot | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jul 14, 2020 at 18:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackEnglish/status/1283098950267002880 | ||
| S Jul 14, 2020 at 15:02 | history | bounty started | FumbleFingers | ||
| S Jul 14, 2020 at 15:02 | history | notice added | FumbleFingers | Draw attention | |
| Aug 22, 2012 at 12:58 | history | edited | RegDwigнt | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
edited tags; edited title
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| Jul 8, 2011 at 15:12 | answer | added | FumbleFingers | timeline score: 5 | |
| Mar 6, 2011 at 17:42 | history | edited | Jimi Oke | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
changed tag, improved formatting
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| Mar 6, 2011 at 17:33 | vote | accept | mel p. | ||
| Mar 6, 2011 at 17:14 | answer | added | Robusto | timeline score: 10 | |
| Mar 6, 2011 at 16:56 | comment | added | RegDwigнt | Related: “Only those who qualify will be awarded a certificate” or “Only those who qualify will be awarded certificates”? and the many linked questions on the right hand side of this page. | |
| Mar 6, 2011 at 16:54 | history | asked | mel p. | CC BY-SA 2.5 |