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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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Hi,
If you saw the following sentence, what would you consider the word 'agreement' is possibly post-referencing, a singular countable noun or uncountable noun? Would you say in most sentences, the context would tell us which one it is post-referencing?
The penalty for breaching the agreement was payment of 400 dollars.
Which one is the possible choice to make corrrect decision on?
They signed an agreement.
They reached agreement.
If you saw the following sentence, what would you consider the word 'agreement' is possibly post-referencing, a singular countable noun or uncountable noun? Would you say in most sentences, the context would tell us which one it is post-referencing?
The penalty for breaching the agreement was payment of 400 dollars.
Which one is the possible choice to make corrrect decision on?
They signed an agreement.
They reached agreement.
Top answer
Countable. They signed an agreement. The agreement was payment of 400 dollars.
- Countable.
- They signed an agreement.
- The agreement was payment of 400 dollars.
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Countable.
They signed an agreement. The agreement was payment of 400 dollars.
Countable.
They signed an agreement. The agreement was payment of 400 dollars.
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Thank you.
What is the difference?
1.They reached agreement and the agreement was for the payment of 400 dollars.
2.They signed an agreement and the agreement was payment of 400 dollars.
I think the first one is grammatically correct and uses an uncountable noun, whereas the second one is grammatically correct too and uses a countable noun.
What is the difference?
1.They reached agreement and the agreement was for the payment of 400 dollars.
2.They signed an agreement and the agreement was payment of 400 dollars.
I think the first one is grammatically correct and uses an uncountable noun, whereas the second one is grammatically correct too and uses a countable noun.
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