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Creativeguru Posted 18 years ago
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Clear my doubts
Kimd;y clear my doubts I came across these sentences while reading articles
1. Collentions of income tax and corporate tax in 1970 totaled Rs 780 crore
In the above sentence is collection not appropriate word as collection itself is plural word.
2. Collentions have exceeded expectations so far...
Again same doubt is using 'collection' in the above sentence wrong grammatically.
1. Collentions of income tax and corporate tax in 1970 totaled Rs 780 crore
In the above sentence is collection not appropriate word as collection itself is plural word.
2. Collentions have exceeded expectations so far...
Again same doubt is using 'collection' in the above sentence wrong grammatically.
Top answer
Collection is not in itself a plural noun, but a collective noun for a group of things : A collection of fine paintings. In the context of your two sentences, collection is an amount of money collected from several people, or the act of collecting money, and "collections" is the acceptable plural.
- Collection is not in itself a plural noun, but a collective noun for a group of things : A collection of fine paintings.
- In the context of your two sentences, collection is an amount of money collected from several people, or the act of collecting money, and "collections" is the acceptable plural.
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Collection is not in itself a plural noun, but a collective noun for a group of things : A collection of fine paintings.
In the context of your two sentences, collection is an amount of money collected from several people, or the act of collecting money, and "collections" is the acceptable plural.
In the context of your two sentences, collection is an amount of money collected from several people, or the act of collecting money, and "collections" is the acceptable plural.
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Hi,
Kimd;y clear my doubts I came across these sentences while reading articles
1. Collentions of income tax and corporate tax in 1970 totaled Rs 780 crore
In the above sentence is collection not appropriate word as collection itself is plural word.
2. Collentions have exceeded expectations so far...
Again same doubt is using 'collection' in the above sen
Kimd;y clear my doubts I came across these sentences while reading articles
1. Collentions of income tax and corporate tax in 1970 totaled Rs 780 crore
In the above sentence is collection not appropriate word as collection itself is plural word.
2. Collentions have exceeded expectations so far...
Again same doubt is using 'collection' in the above sen
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