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guarantee(s)

01. Anyone, who is aware of the world, knows that 01b00there are no guarantees02b00 in business or life for that matter. 02br
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00The plural guarantees makes sense here because the sentence refers to various types of guarantees: car not breaking down, not hit by a car today, not dying from cancer and etc.02br
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002. Further, many experts warn, 01b00there is no guarantee02b00 a surge in troops would work to settle the violence02br
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00Is it possible to use guarantee01b01font00s 02font02b00? Or it must be singular because it is refering to the guarantee of settling the violence.02br
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003. 01b00There are no guarantees02b00 that Vipassana meditation will keep these men out of jail in the future, but there have been so many promising signs that the course 02br
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00Why is it not singular guarantee in this sentence? Is the "gurantees" refering to the single guarantee of "Vipassana meditation will keep these men out of jail in the future"?02br
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00Help! 050010id7
  

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1font 00Hi,02font 02br 02br 001. Anyone, who is aware of the world, knows that 01b 00there are no guarantees02b 00 in business or life for that matter. 02font 02br 02br 002.

  • 1font 00Hi,02font 02br 02br 001.
  • Anyone, who is aware of the world, knows that 01b 00there are no guarantees02b 00 in business or life for that matter.
  • 02font 02br 02br 002.
  • Further, many experts warn, 01b 00there is no guarantee02b 00 a surge in troops would work to settle the violence02br 02br 00Is it possible to use guarantee01b 01font 00s 02font 02b 00?
  • 02font 02br 02br 003.
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1font00Hi,02font02br
02br
001. Anyone, who is aware of the world, knows that 01b00there are no guarantees02b00 in business or life for that matter. 02br
02br
00The plural guarantees makes sense here because the sentence refers to various types of guarantees: car not breaking down, not hit by a car

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