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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
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Correcting a statement

my friends and i are sitting around between softball games and someone is buying beer.
When it arrived i said "the booze ARE here" everyone corrected me saying its the booze IS here.
I refused and told them there wrong please help me figure this one out for sure. Thanks
  

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Hi, my friends and i are sitting around between softball games and someone is buying beer. When it arrived i said "the booze ARE here" everyone corrected me saying its the booze IS here. I refused and told them there wrong please help me figure this one out for sure.

  • Hi, my friends and i are sitting around between softball games and someone is buying beer.
  • When it arrived i said "the booze ARE here" everyone corrected me saying its the booze IS here.
  • I refused and told them there wrong please help me figure this one out for sure.
  • "Booze' here is not a countable noun, so say 'The booze is here'.
  • Best wishes, Clive
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Hi,

my friends and i are sitting around between softball games and someone is buying beer.

When it arrived i said "the booze ARE here" everyone corrected me saying its the booze IS here.

I refused and told them there wrong please help me figure this one out for sure.

"Booze' here is not a countable noun, so say 'The booze is here'.



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