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Jasnkid Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
A variety of
Hi, teachers.
e.g. A great variety of flowers were shown there.
Does the underlined chunk of phrase function as an adjective? If so, how about the following sentences?
A number of applications have already been interviewed.
A series of bombs killed many people across Baghdad.
A group of students protested by arms.
A ··· of pattern seems to serve as an adjective. Am I right?
e.g. A great variety of flowers were shown there.
Does the underlined chunk of phrase function as an adjective? If so, how about the following sentences?
A number of applications have already been interviewed.
A series of bombs killed many people across Baghdad.
A group of students protested by arms.
A ··· of pattern seems to serve as an adjective. Am I right?
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A great variety of flowers were shown there. -- Yes. Many of these set phrases are considered quantifiers of the noun (here, 'flowers'), which is the subject.
- A great variety of flowers were shown there.
- -- Yes.
- Many of these set phrases are considered quantifiers of the noun (here, 'flowers'), which is the subject.
- -- I suspect that many people would accept 'bombs' as the subject, but 'a series of' does not seem sufficiently adjectival to me.
- A group of armed students is/are protesting -- This is a classic case: probably 50% of native speakers choose each number.
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A great variety of flowers were shown there. Does the underlined chunk of phrase function as an adjective?-- Yes. Many of these set phrases are considered quantifiers of the noun (here, 'flowers'), which is the subject.
A number of applications have already been interviewed.-- OK (but note that 'The number of' is not a quan
A number of applications have already been interviewed.-- OK (but note that 'The number of' is not a quan
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