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Bogaso Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

A question on English grammar

Hi, I have following simple sentence: "1st set of equations". Here my question is that sentence is Singular or plural? I mean that: "1st set of equations **is*** simple" or "1st set of equations ***are** simple" is correct?

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This issue creates a lot of confusion. ") Sometimes the choice is up to you. ("notional concord") It all depends on how you happen to think of it.

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  • ") Sometimes the choice is up to you.
  • ("notional concord") It all depends on how you happen to think of it.
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This issue creates a lot of confusion. Emotion: smile

In this particular case, we'd say "the first set of equations/examples are simple.
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Nouns of quantity, such as "a set of ...", " a team of ", a collection of " etc. is generally considered singular in most cases.

http://www.nmai.si.edu/exhibitions/baskets/subpage.cfm?subpage=set



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Hi guys,

To my ear, both 'is' and 'are' sound reasonable in this example, depending on whether the focus is on the set or on the equations.

Clive
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