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Anonymous Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Difficult sentence.. the singular of a seemingly plural.

Which one is it correct? The second one sounds good, but by reading it, it sounds weird.

1 - The vast majority of humans always waste their lives and energy in superficial tasks.

2 - The vast majority of humans always wastes their lives and energy in superficial tasks.


Thanks!

  

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"wastes" sounds most unnatural to me. I would only use "waste". "waste s their live s " is in any case an illogical combination of singular and plural.

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  • "wastes" sounds most unnatural to me.
  • I would only use "waste".
  • "waste s their live s " is in any case an illogical combination of singular and plural.
  • I would use "on" rather than "in".
  • I would also delete "always".
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"wastes" sounds most unnatural to me. I would only use "waste". "wastes their lives" is in any case an illogical combination of singular and plural.

I would use "on" rather than "in". I would also delete "always".

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We usually talk about people, not about humans.

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