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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Is Aluminium ever plural..

I would think the following is correct:

2 million tons of Aluminium is produced in this plant.

and the following is wrong:

2 million tons of Aluminium are produced in this plant.

Is it because Aluminium is an uncountable noun and uncountable nouns are always singular. Thanks for your reply.
  

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Both are correct. It is a matter of what the writer is thinking: of the single quantity of metal, or of the countable units of the metal.

— Mister Micawber

  • Both are correct.
  • It is a matter of what the writer is thinking: of the single quantity of metal, or of the countable units of the metal.
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Both are correct. It is a matter of what the writer is thinking: of the single quantity of metal, or of the countable units of the metal.
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ok; how about sand?

20 kgs of sand were filled in the bucket.

Or

20 kgs of sand was filled in the bucket.

Thanks.
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