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PreciousJones Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Condition
What are the conditions of your phones? Or
What is the condition of your phones?
If phone is plural shouldn't the whole sentence be plural too?
What is the condition of your phones?
If phone is plural shouldn't the whole sentence be plural too?
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That's certainly a logical question. If you expect that all the phones may have a different "condition" then you might choose the plural. However, it sounds as if the phones are all in a connected system, so the singular 'system' is good.
- That's certainly a logical question.
- If you expect that all the phones may have a different "condition" then you might choose the plural.
- However, it sounds as if the phones are all in a connected system, so the singular 'system' is good.
- Even if not connected, the condition is probably the same.
- The plural just doesn't sound natural to me.
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That's certainly a logical question.
If you expect that all the phones may have a different "condition" then you might choose the plural. However, it sounds as if the phones are all in a connected system, so the singular 'system' is good. Even if not connected, the condition is probably the same. The plural just doesn't sound natural to me.
If you expect that all the phones may have a different "condition" then you might choose the plural. However, it sounds as if the phones are all in a connected system, so the singular 'system' is good. Even if not connected, the condition is probably the same. The plural just doesn't sound natural to me.
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