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Ann225 Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Bulk of, at the bottom

Hi,

1) The bulk of the ads were made up of .... or The bulk of the ads was made up of."

Are both possible depending on whether I put an emphasis on 'bulk' or 'ads' or should I stick to the plural form?

2) I came across this sentence in a math question written by an English native speaker.

"There is a hole at the bottom of the bucket." Shouldn't it be 'in the bottom'?

Thank you.

  

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Ann225 1) The bulk of the ads were made up of .... Fine. 'bulk' is "number transparent", which means agreement is with the noun phrase after "of".

— CalifJim

  • Ann225 1) The bulk of the ads were made up of ....
  • Fine.
  • 'bulk' is "number transparent", which means agreement is with the noun phrase after "of".
  • Other number transparent phrases include "the rest of" and "a lot of".
  • Ann225 at the bottom of the bucket Fine.
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Ann2251) The bulk of the ads were made up of ....

Fine. 'bulk' is "number transparent", which means agreement is with the noun phrase after "of".

Other number transparent phrases include "the rest of" and "a lot of".

Ann225at the bottom of the bucket

Fine. 'in' is wrong.

CJ

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Ann2251) The bulk of the ads were made up of .... or The bulk of the ads was made up of."Are both possible depending on whether I put an emphasis on 'bulk' or 'ads' or should I stick to the plural form?

Plural.

Ann2252) I came across this sentence in a math question written by an English native speaker."There is a hole at the bot
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