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Magda Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
Mass media is/are
Hi,
What form of the verb should follow "mass media": singular or plural?
"Mass media is" or "Mass media are"?
Thank you
What form of the verb should follow "mass media": singular or plural?
"Mass media is" or "Mass media are"?
Thank you
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Hi Media is the plural form of medium. Unfortunatelly, this fact is often neglected.
- Hi Media is the plural form of medium.
- Unfortunatelly, this fact is often neglected.
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Media is the plural form of medium.
Unfortunatelly, this fact is often neglected.
Media is the plural form of medium.
Unfortunatelly, this fact is often neglected.
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Hi,
mass media noun [pl.] (usually the mass media [U with sing./pl. verb])
all the sources of information that are able to reach large numbers of the public, such as TV, radio, newspapers, etc:
We live in an era of mass media.; The mass media have/has created new social networks.
Copyright Oxford University Press 2005
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Dominik
mass media noun [pl.] (usually the mass media [U with sing./pl. verb])
all the sources of information that are able to reach large numbers of the public, such as TV, radio, newspapers, etc:
We live in an era of mass media.; The mass media have/has created new social networks.
Copyright Oxford University Press 2005
RGDS
Dominik
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I was taught in school that it is the singular or plural spelling of a word that determines whether the verb is singular or plural, not the meaning of the word. The word "media" is spelled in the singular form, therefore, the proper usage is "media is", not " media are".
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AnonymousThe word "media" is spelled in the singular form, therefore, the proper usage is "media is", not " media are".No, it isn't, The singular form is 'medium'.
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