http://www.englishforums.com/search/pro.htm?q=tag%3aPlural+subject+tag%3aPrepositions&tag=Plural+subject,Prepositions&orTags=0Search results for 'tag:Plural subject tag:Prepositions' matching tags 'Plural subject' and 'Prepositions'en-USCSMOD (Build: 3191.21962)http://www.englishforums.com/English/INeedYourHelpPlease/zgmdc/post.htm#450604Fri, 07 Dec 2007 07:36:54 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:450604Avangi<P>1.&nbsp; "women"&nbsp; -&nbsp; use plural to match "the elderly"&nbsp;&nbsp; &amp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "are more LIKELY"</P> <P>2.&nbsp; The goals of our program ARE&nbsp;&nbsp; -&nbsp;&nbsp; use plural verb with plural subject</P> <P>3.&nbsp; MANY benefits&nbsp; -&nbsp; "Much" is for stuff; "many" is for things you can count.</P> <P>4.&nbsp; there IS a lot of space&nbsp; (missing verb in clause)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &amp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; IN which he could write&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (or) &nbsp; WHERE he could write</P> <P>5.&nbsp; (wrong choice of conjunctions)&nbsp;&nbsp; use "but" instead of "or"</P> <P>6.&nbsp; in ALMOST every country</P> <P>7.&nbsp; is EXTREMELY important&nbsp; (use adverb form to modify predicate adjective)</P> <P>8.&nbsp; positive OR negative&nbsp; (conjunction)</P> <P>9.&nbsp; While I WAS TAKING a walk&nbsp; (past tense to match "saw")&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &amp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; RAKING&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (wrong words&nbsp; -&nbsp; "talking" for&nbsp; "taking"&nbsp; and&nbsp; "ranking" for&nbsp;"raking")</P> <P>10.&nbsp; to care FOR their parents</P> <P>11.&nbsp; five LAPTOP TESTS&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ("tests" is a noun&nbsp; -&nbsp; object of the preposition&nbsp; -&nbsp; and is plural because there are five.&nbsp; "Laptop" is an adjective in this case and doesn't have to agree.&nbsp; It could be a noun if used alone, like "Five laptops were found to be defective.")</P> <P>12.&nbsp; INSECTS&nbsp; (plural to agree with animals)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &amp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I think "fossilized" is the better adjective&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &amp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I'd suggest using two separate sentences: "insects.&nbsp; Fossilized"&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &amp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; a period at the end</P> <P>13.&nbsp; I think this is okay.&nbsp;&nbsp; It needs a period at the end.&nbsp;</P> <P>Congratulations on your first post!</P> <P>A.&nbsp; </P>http://www.englishforums.com/English/ThreeQuestionsAmbiguousNatureAsking-Answers/ddprw/post.htmWed, 20 Sep 2006 02:23:38 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:269645Believer<P>1. Whenever I see sentences like the one below,&nbsp;I&nbsp;tend to feel uneasy&nbsp;in part because, I&nbsp;think,&nbsp;I&nbsp;am too stuck on the idea that a plural subject would be likely to be followed by a plural object or an object of a preposition. Are they&nbsp;OK? Are they basically saying the same thing?&nbsp;</P> <P><EM>How many students have an apple on his/her desk?</EM></P> <P><EM>How many students have apples on their desks?</EM></P> <P><EM>How many students have apples on their desk?</EM></P> <P><EM>How many students have an apple on their desk?</EM></P> <P><EM>How many students have an apple on their&nbsp;desks?&nbsp;</EM></P> <P>2. Would you say the writer's&nbsp;placement of the article "the"&nbsp; is OK here?<EM> the</EM> is not a part of the proper name, I think.</P> <P><EM>Would you like to come to <U>the </U>&nbsp;ZZZ Center's anniversary party?</EM></P>