Hello,
Dictionaries say VALUES are plural (like SALES) if it is use for
family values, traditional values, ethical values, etc.
Ok,
So if I want to say
I want to consider value systems. (referring to values)
Can I use it in the singluar form if used as an adjective like this?
Or because this is plural form, I need to use
I want to consider VALUES systems. (like SALES team).
Which is correct?
Thanks you.
Dictionaries say VALUES are plural (like SALES) if it is use for
family values, traditional values, ethical values, etc.
Ok,
So if I want to say
I want to consider value systems. (referring to values)
Can I use it in the singluar form if used as an adjective like this?
Or because this is plural form, I need to use
I want to consider VALUES systems. (like SALES team).
Which is correct?
Thanks you.
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By the way, your dictionary definition is misleading, since the use of plural 'values' is no different than it is for any other countable noun. You can discuss 'family values' or just a single 'family value', just as you can have 'two shirts' or 'one shirt'.
Thanks for the reply.
Mcmillian says VALUES (in terms of family values for example) are the same as SALES in terms of PLURAL form only.
This is why I was confused.
Are you saying that this is wrong and that ethical values can be used as a singluar (an important ethical value)?
Thanks.
Sales manager, sales receipts, sales department
Value judgement, value pack, value theory
for cultural values, traditional values, macmillian says PLURAL only.
It seems like VALUE theory pertains to the former...
Can you help to clarify?
Thanks..
"ethical values" are plural only...
But you are saying that it can be used as COUNTABLE.
And I trust you.
So i will consider it as a countable noun, (please tell me if you mean something other than countable)
Thanks!