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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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General statement singular or plural?
When we are writing a general statement or a fact, should it be singular or plural?
example: 1) women are "an organism" or 2) women are "organisms" or 3) "woman" is "an organism"?
example: 1) women are "an organism" or 2) women are "organisms" or 3) "woman" is "an organism"?
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Anonymous When we are writing a general statement or a fact, should it be singular or plural? Most often it's plural. Women are organisms.
- Anonymous When we are writing a general statement or a fact, should it be singular or plural?
- Most often it's plural.
- Women are organisms.
- ) CJ
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AnonymousWhen we are writing a general statement or a fact, should it be singular or plural?Most often it's plural.
Women are organisms.
(It's a rather odd general statement, but it can be written like that.)
CJ
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It doesn't matter if you use the singular or plural form. They are both acceptable.
A dog is a great friend.
Dogs are great friends.
What you want to think about is how you will proceed after your general statement. Whichever you decide on, you will reach a point where you will have to refer to the topic (a dog, dogs, a woman, women) by using a pronoun. If you use the singula
A dog is a great friend.
Dogs are great friends.
What you want to think about is how you will proceed after your general statement. Whichever you decide on, you will reach a point where you will have to refer to the topic (a dog, dogs, a woman, women) by using a pronoun. If you use the singula
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