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The Great McGonagall Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
A Question of Plurality...
“Other cities should be allowed to put on their own Passion Play (Plays).”
Should ‘Play’ be singular or plural? The meaning of the sentence is that there’s one ‘Passion Play’, but there’re different performances of it, by different theatre companies, in different cities, at any one time.
Should ‘Play’ be singular or plural? The meaning of the sentence is that there’s one ‘Passion Play’, but there’re different performances of it, by different theatre companies, in different cities, at any one time.
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” I would use "Play", because each city will (presumably) put on only one play. )
- ” I would use "Play", because each city will (presumably) put on only one play.
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The Great McGonagall“Other cities should be allowed to put on their own Passion Play (Plays).”I would use "Play", because each city will (presumably) put on only one play.
(The sentence refers to each city individually.)
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