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#443354 Fri, 16 Nov 07 08:07 PM

Hi!

Is it right to say :

- "She complains to him about crimes".

- "Recently deaths have been increasing drastically and TV has been emphasizing them".

Thanks,

Agatha

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Clive

#443398 Fri, 16 Nov 07 10:54 PM

Hi,

Is it right to say :

- "She complains to him about crimes".

- "Recently deaths have been increasing drastically and TV has been emphasizing them".

Both are correct grammatically. But I'd more naturally say them this way.

- "She complains to him about crime". This makes the term more general.

- "Recently the number of deaths has been increasing drastically and TV has been emphasizing them".

Clive

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Anonymous

#443430 Sat, 17 Nov 07 01:32 AM

Thank you very much, Clive. By the way, so if I write : "Crime have been increasing drastically in these last years " , is it OK?

Best wishes,

Agatha

Anonymous

Clive

#443437 Sat, 17 Nov 07 02:06 AM

Hi,

if I write : "Crime has been increasing drastically in these last years " , is it OK?

Yes.

Clive

Anonymous

#443444 Sat, 17 Nov 07 02:36 AM

Thank you, Clive!!!

Best wishes,

Agatha

Anonymous

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Clive

#453249 Fri, 14 Dec 07 09:44 PM

Hi,

Sorry, I don't understand any of this. Please try to say it another way. Smile [:)]

Clive

Rotter

#453264 Fri, 14 Dec 07 10:58 PM

"Recently the number of deaths has been increasing drastically and TV has been emphasizing them".

Clive wrote the above.

I am a bit curious about the words 'has been' here.

You strictly reckon the words ' the number of deaths' as a singular unit.

It will not be wrong to reckon as a plural unit too.

Please tell me; I am just guessing.

Rotter

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Clive

#453272 Fri, 14 Dec 07 11:40 PM

Hi,

"Recently the number of deaths has been increasing drastically and TV has been emphasizing them".

I am a bit curious about the words 'has been' here.

You strictly reckon the words ' the number of deaths' as a singular unit. In a sense, yes, but I prefer to look at it that the subject is the singular word 'number'.

It will not be wrong to reckon as a plural unit too. I understand your thinking, but 'have' sounds incorrect here to me.

Best wishes, Clive

Clive

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