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Grammar
Help with nouns
Can you please tell me the name for two nouns joined by 'and' that take the possessive apostrophe after the second noun only (e.g. 'Tom and Jerry' as in 'Tom and Jerry's antics')?
Could you also tell me the name (if different) for similarly structured nouns that take singular rather than plural verbs (e.g. 'Health and safety' as in 'Health and safety is important')?
I've looked up 'group nouns' and 'composite nouns' but neither seems appropriate. Thank you.
Could you also tell me the name (if different) for similarly structured nouns that take singular rather than plural verbs (e.g. 'Health and safety' as in 'Health and safety is important')?
I've looked up 'group nouns' and 'composite nouns' but neither seems appropriate. Thank you.
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' Bread and butter is essential to life ' I got it from a grammar book. But some native speakers don't agree to it. They rather use ' are ' ...
- ' Bread and butter is essential to life ' I got it from a grammar book.
- But some native speakers don't agree to it.
- They rather use ' are ' ...
- , they said.
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' Bread and butter is essential to life '
I got it from a grammar book. But some native speakers don't agree to it. They ra
I got it from a grammar book. But some native speakers don't agree to it. They ra
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