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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Grammar

What's correct: "I like to go for a long walks" or "I like to go for long walks"?
  

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Anonymous a long walk s You can never have "a" with a plural noun. CJ

— CalifJim

  • Anonymous a long walk s You can never have "a" with a plural noun.
  • CJ
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Anonymousa long walks Emotion: surprise
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CalifJimYou can never have "a" with a plural noun.
A pair of scissors.

Is "pair" logically singular? If not, then, in my opinion, the determiner "a" is somehow out of place there.

The happy pair is/are going to Spain after their wedding. (Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.)
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AnonymousCalifJimYou can never have "a" with a plural noun.A pair of scissors.
The determiner "a" goes with "pair", which is singular, and not with "scissors" (though you even hear "a scissors" sometimes), so the rule is not violated in the phrase "a pair of scissors". Likewise for "a bunch of roses", "a group of wedding planners", and "a long row of dilapida
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Thank you, CJ, for the reply.
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