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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Include or includes

Hi.

Should it be the word "include" or "includes"?

His experience include (includes?) working in xxx Company and in XXX Chinese Restaurant in Chicago.

I searched for the phrase "experience include working" at Google Book Search and came up with this. Why not the word "includes" instead of "include"?


The Journal of Home Economics? - 288 ???

??: American Home Economics Association - 1966

It would seem to be particularly appropriate that the student teaching
experience include working with mixed groups of boys and girls, since the
majority of ...

?? ??? ?? - http://books.google.com/books?id=53o7AAAAMAAJ&dq=%22+experience+include+working&hl=ko - https://www.google.com/accounts/Login?service=print&continue=http://books.google.com/books%3Fop%3Dadd%26hl%3Dko%26sig%3DACfU3U3-36scCLoNECdAXJ610TsQTPzGDw%26%26id%3D53o7AAAAMAAJ%26continue%3Dhttp://books.google.com/books%253Fhl%253Dko%2526q%253D%252522%252Bexperience%252Binclude%252Bworking%26hl%3Dko&hl=ko - http://books.google.com/books?q=editions:0MaqqZwWrdrPXhVSjx&id=53o7AAAAMAAJ&hl=ko

  

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In the sentence you ask about, include s is the correct form. If you name a company, in isn'tthe right preposition; use for or at instead: He used to work for Nokia. You can of course work in a restaurant if you think of it as a place rather than an employer.

  • In the sentence you ask about, include s is the correct form.
  • If you name a company, in isn'tthe right preposition; use for or at instead: He used to work for Nokia.
  • You can of course work in a restaurant if you think of it as a place rather than an employer.
  • The reason include is used in your second sentence is that it isn't an indicative verb form or an infinitive.
  • It's a present subjunctive, which is used because of the adjective appropriate followed by a that clause.
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In the sentence you ask about, includes is the correct form. If you name a company, in isn'tthe right preposition; use for or at instead: He used to work for Nokia. You can of course work in a restaurant if you think of it as a place rather than an employer.
The reason include is used in your second sentence is that it isn't an indicativ

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