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Believer Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Do you see it one event?

Hi,

I think you might have covered this area of grammar before but let me, if you will allow me, ask you again.

How should they be, singular or in plural?

Every Sunday morning, he goes out to play the tennis and jog around the field and that is/those are good thing/things to do.

Every Sunday morning, he goes out to play the tennis and basketball and that is/those are good thing/things to do.

Thank you.
  

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1. If you want to use the idiom here: ---------- the done thing MAINLY UK (US USUALLY the thing to do ) what you are expected to do in a social situation: Don't forget to shake hands - it's the done thing, you know. key=82572&dict=CAL --------- then a possible sentence would be (as you can't change the idiom from singular): Every Sunday morning, he goes out to play tennis and jog around the field and that is the thing to do in this snobbish community he lives in.

— Marius Hancu

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  • If you want to use the idiom here: ---------- the done thing MAINLY UK (US USUALLY the thing to do ) what you are expected to do in a social situation: Don't forget to shake hands - it's the done thing, you know.
  • key=82572&dict=CAL --------- then a possible sentence would be (as you can't change the idiom from singular): Every Sunday morning, he goes out to play tennis and jog around the field and that is the thing to do in this snobbish community he lives in.
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  • Otherwise: Every Sunday morning, he goes out to play tennis and jog around the field and he feels those are good/healthy things to do.
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If you want to use the idiom here:
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the done thing MAINLY UK (US USUALLY the thing to do)

 what you are expected to do in a social situation:

Don't forget to shake hands - it's the done thing, you know.
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