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Icadia Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
A simple question on using singular or plural
What should I do? Chalk it up to a life lesson about good manners, or send out thank-you notes five years late with my apologies?
the sentence above is from "Dear abby".
as you can see, the writer used plural forms.notes, apologies
I guess the writer used plural forms because he/she has more than one person to send a letter to. If he/she had only one person to write back, he/she would have used "a note".
I also guess ,on the same basis, the rule goes for “apologies".
am I thinking correctly?
your advice would be appreciated.
the sentence above is from "Dear abby".
as you can see, the writer used plural forms.
I guess the writer used plural forms because he/she has more than one person to send a letter to. If he/she had only one person to write back, he/she would have used "a note".
I also guess ,on the same basis, the rule goes for “apologies".
am I thinking correctly?
your advice would be appreciated.
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Icadia because he/she has more than one person to send a letter to Exactly. But you can use either apology or apologies for the contents of the note(s). This is a peculiarity of the word apology .
- Icadia because he/she has more than one person to send a letter to Exactly.
- But you can use either apology or apologies for the contents of the note(s).
- This is a peculiarity of the word apology .
- send a note with your apology ...
- send a note with your apologies ...
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Icadiabecause he/she has more than one person to send a letter toExactly. But you can use either apology or apologies for the contents of the note(s). This is a peculiarity of the word apology.
... send a note with your apology
... send a note with your apologies
... send notes with your apology
... send notes with
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