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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Death or deaths

Question: is it "which lead to the deaths of several people" or "death of several people"?
  

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Hi, Either way is acceptable. There's no potential confusion. Perhaps I prefer 'deaths'.

— Clive

  • Hi, Either way is acceptable.
  • There's no potential confusion.
  • Perhaps I prefer 'deaths'.
  • Clive
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Hi,

Either way is acceptable. There's no potential confusion.

Perhaps I prefer 'deaths'.

Clive
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And I prefer 'death'. Agreeing with Clive that there is no potential confusion, each person had only one death.
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