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The number of wealthy households whose annual income exceed or exceeds 250,000 yuan,... Check this out for size: Whose- refers to "households' income". even though income appears as singular, the relative pronoun "whose"
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W e'll begin with a box and the plural is boxes . B ut the plural of ox should be oxen not oxes . T hen one fowl is goose ,but two are called geese . Y et the plural of mouse should never be meese . Y ou may find alone mouse ,or a whole lots
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The questionnaire itself is expected to take no more than 30 minutes to complete and returning them will consist of the students dropping off the completed packets. " All I see is a slight agreement problem. In the first clause, the subject
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Thanks for your help Mister Micawber. Okay, if we correct "In fall, this season is harvests fruit and rice" with your correction: We've corrected the object "season" by removing it, and the demonstrative noun. We've
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Hi Nicholi, I can only add more fuel to the fire, I'm afraid. We could say "We" (in this school) have fewer classes than any other teachers (in other schools). I wonder if it's the singular/plural subject which determines it. any
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I don't understand why 'are' comes into this. Surely "One of the countries" is singular. Can someone explain please?
One is singular, that's why the main verb of the main clause is singular: is: One of the countries
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" the Samsung project" - "the" is required by English grammar rules - an article or pronoun (this, that, our, etc.) is placed in front of nouns. Many people have trouble with these little words! Here are some rules and examples
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It's grammatical or ungrammatical depending on whom you ask. There is no agreement among grammarians. The problem stems from English having a pronoun for each sex, which should both be used when the reference can include both men and women:
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cool breeze
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Yeah, I was suprised I noticed the mistake in regards to pronoun-antecedent agreement, especially since most people ignore this rule in speech. I chose singular because "establishing goals" was referring to "a single task of
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Hi Nicole, welcome to Englishforums. I think most native speakers would say "It's you who does that", using the verb in the third person. However, if "you" is plural (= you guys, you all), I think you'd hear the plural
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