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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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Divorce - in the singular or in plural in the example sentence?

Hi. Please help. Which is correct, divorce or divorces, for the following sentence? I think for the made-up sentence, "I think people should try to arrive at an solution through mutual discussion (or discussions)." I think the better word would be "dialogue" (in the singular) instead of "discussion" and I also think the word "dialogues" in plural wouldn't be correct to be used instead of "discussion" or "discussions."

Let's say a person is talking about the society he lives in. Thank you in advance.

Our society is crippled by divorce (divorces - correct?).
  

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You are speaking generally, of concepts, so these are the better choices: I think people should try to arrive at a solution through discussion/dialogue. Our society is crippled by divorce. 'Mutual' is redundant.

— Mister Micawber

  • You are speaking generally, of concepts, so these are the better choices: I think people should try to arrive at a solution through discussion/dialogue.
  • Our society is crippled by divorce.
  • 'Mutual' is redundant.
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You are speaking generally, of concepts, so these are the better choices:

I think people should try to arrive at a solution through discussion/dialogue.
Our society is crippled by divorce.

'Mutual' is redundant.
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Hi. Thank you. Would you say the word "divorce" in the plural is correct (perhaps OK?) if a preceding sentence or preceding sentences placed not far have a reference to the number of divorces in the nation he is in. Thank you again in advance.

For example, something like this (made-up sentences):

According to the latest statistics, there were *** number of divorces last ye
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No, I still think you should use the uncountable concept: divorce.
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