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Vincent Ding Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary

Interests accrue....

0 As far as I know, "accrue" is a vi or intransitable verb. but i see people often say "the interests accrued on the loan are ....." which should be corrected into "the interests having accrued on the loan are ...." according to my understanding though. so would someone kindly enlighten me? tks 0-
  

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) 02br 02br 00You need to use 'interest' in the singular, as a non-count noun. ' 02br 02br 00Best wishes, 02br 00Clive 0-

— Clive

  • ) 02br 02br 00You need to use 'interest' in the singular, as a non-count noun.
  • ' 02br 02br 00Best wishes, 02br 00Clive 0-
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0 Hello again, 02br
00You can say 02br
00'Interest accrues on this loan' or 02br
00'This loan accrues interest' (My dictionary says this version is not used in BrE?) 02br
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00You need to use 'interest' in the singular, as a non-count noun. 02br
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00So, I would say 'the interest accrued on the loan is ....' 02b
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0 Vincent, 02br
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00"the interest accrued on the loan" is correct as it stands. 02br
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00"accrue" is not exclusively intransitive. (That's 'intransitive', by the way, not 'intransitable'!) 02br
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