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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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every other person or people
Hi, how are they different?
every other person/thing
every other people/things
Sorry but one more question: Is the verb "are" correct? I think they are. So, is that right that if you have an uncountable noun like 'intelligence" and two non-coordinating (?) adjectives before it, the verb to follow is a plural verb?
Human and animal intelligence are ...
every other person/thing
every other people/things
Sorry but one more question: Is the verb "are" correct? I think they are. So, is that right that if you have an uncountable noun like 'intelligence" and two non-coordinating (?) adjectives before it, the verb to follow is a plural verb?
Human and animal intelligence are ...
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Only this one is correct : every other person/thing So, is that right that if you have an uncountable noun like 'intelligence" and two coordinate adjectives before it, the verb to follow is a plural verb? -- I see the slight problem, and I think that the better part of valour would be to cast the uncountable into the plural: Human and animal intelligences are ... or recast the sentence: The intelligence of humans and that of animals are...
- Only this one is correct : every other person/thing So, is that right that if you have an uncountable noun like 'intelligence" and two coordinate adjectives before it, the verb to follow is a plural verb?
- -- I see the slight problem, and I think that the better part of valour would be to cast the uncountable into the plural: Human and animal intelligences are ...
- or recast the sentence: The intelligence of humans and that of animals are...
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Only this one is correct: every other person/thing
So, is that right that if you have an uncountable noun like 'intelligence" and two coordinate adjectives before it, the verb to follow is a plural verb? -- I see the slight problem, and I think that the better part of valour would be to cast the uncountable into the plural:
Human and animal inte
Only this one is correct: every other person/thing
So, is that right that if you have an uncountable noun like 'intelligence" and two coordinate adjectives before it, the verb to follow is a plural verb? -- I see the slight problem, and I think that the better part of valour would be to cast the uncountable into the plural:
Human and animal inte
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Thank you, Mr. M. I see your points somewhat vaguely.
I think normally having two different adjectives to denote two different parts or qualities would not result in the use of a plural noun unless the intent is to make into types like you seem to have done with "Human and animal intelligences are ..."
If you understand the nature of my confusion, can you
I think normally having two different adjectives to denote two different parts or qualities would not result in the use of a plural noun unless the intent is to make into types like you seem to have done with "Human and animal intelligences are ..."
If you understand the nature of my confusion, can you
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Partly my fault, as the obvious passed me by. In both sentences, the subjects are compound-- there is an elided noun, so that the first adjective is a pronomial:
Human (intelligence) and animal intelligence are ...
old (equipment) and new equipment in this factory need
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Partly my fault, as the obvious passed me by. In both sentences, the subjects are compound-- there is an elided noun, so that the first adjective is a pronomial:
Human (intelligence) and animal intelligence are ...
old (equipment) and new equipment in this factory need
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