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Salam1101 Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

Grass are

I know that we say the grass is very long, but is there any situation that we can say ''the grass are .....''
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". "grass" is noncountable, so it would not take a plural verb. If treated as a countable in the plural ("grasses"), however, it would take on the meaning "several kinds of grass".

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  • "grass" is noncountable, so it would not take a plural verb.
  • If treated as a countable in the plural ("grasses"), however, it would take on the meaning "several kinds of grass".
  • Then you could have "grasses are": "The famous botanist studied the grasses of the steppes of Central Asia.
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No, there is no situation I can think of where it would make sense to say, "The grass are ...".

"grass" is noncountable, so it would not take a plural verb.

If treated as a countable in the plural ("grasses"), however, it would take on the meaning "several kinds of grass". Then you could have "grasses are":

"The famous botanist studied the grasses of the steppes of
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I agree.

Jim, there does not appear to be a PM system at EnglishForward. Could you email me at MisterMicawber@hotmail.com?
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