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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
I came across a question on grammar
please help me.
i don,t kown the following which is right, and why?
--are the audience all present at the meeting?
-- yes, they are all seated in the hall and ____ for your speech to begin.
A.waited B. have waited C. waiting D. the ones.
i don,t kown the following which is right, and why?
--are the audience all present at the meeting?
-- yes, they are all seated in the hall and ____ for your speech to begin.
A.waited B. have waited C. waiting D. the ones.
Top answer
waiting. (I would use "audience" as a singular. )
- waiting.
- (I would use "audience" as a singular.
- )
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waiting.
(I would use "audience" as a singular. Is the audience present?)
(I would use "audience" as a singular. Is the audience present?)
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I agree with GG on audience.
I made a search at The New York Times (which has sharp-eyed editors, I assume) and the only time plurals showed up after it was in:
members of the audience were/are ...
Thus you could say:
Are all the members of the EXPECTED audience present at the meeting?
I made a search at The New York Times (which has sharp-eyed editors, I assume) and the only time plurals showed up after it was in:
members of the audience were/are ...
Thus you could say:
Are all the members of the EXPECTED audience present at the meeting?
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You may have been thrown off by "seated". Make the sentence "They are all there and _______ for your speech to begin" and how do you fill the blank?
"Seated" is a little bit complicated. We have the verb "to sit" which is usually intransitive (does not take an object); e.g., Please sit (down). We also have the verb "seat" which is transitive (requires an object); e.g., The host
"Seated" is a little bit complicated. We have the verb "to sit" which is usually intransitive (does not take an object); e.g., Please sit (down). We also have the verb "seat" which is transitive (requires an object); e.g., The host
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