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Hela Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Mass noun "group"

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00Should the verb following the noun "group" be in the singular or plural ? 02br
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00‘We will probably never know if Mallory made it to the summit or not, and I wholly embrace the mystery.’ The attempt begins next Tuesday when the group 01b00set02b00 / set01b00s02b00 (?) off for base camp. 02br
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00Thanks a lot, 02br
00Hela 0-
  

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0 The correct verb to use in this case is 01i 00sets02i 00 because 01i 00group02i 00 is singular. 02br 00If there were multiple groups, the proper verb to use would be 01i 00set02i 00. 02br 02br 00In other words, a group sets off, and groups set off.

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  • 0 The correct verb to use in this case is 01i 00sets02i 00 because 01i 00group02i 00 is singular.
  • 02br 00If there were multiple groups, the proper verb to use would be 01i 00set02i 00.
  • 02br 02br 00In other words, a group sets off, and groups set off.
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0 The correct verb to use in this case is 01i00sets02i00 because 01i00group02i00 is singular. 02br
00If there were multiple groups, the proper verb to use would be 01i00set02i00. 02br
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0 Hello Hela 02br
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00"Group" is a group noun (a collective noun, or a noun of multitude). 02br
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00Similar nouns are; 02br
00army, association, audience, board, clan, class, club, commission, committee, community, company, corporation, council, couple, crew, crowd, department, enemy, faculty, family, federation, firm, flock, gang, gene
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0Paco, "it is better to", not "you'd better"! 05002br
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00"you'd better" has the sense of a threat. 02br
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00"You'd better do that and you'd better do it quick or else I am going to be very cross with you!" 02br
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0 I used you'd better as a contract of "you would better", not as a contract of "you had better". Does "you would better" still sound as a threat? If it does, I should have to forget the phrase. 02br
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00paco 0-
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0 Thank you paco for your answer. I wonder though if "I / you WOULD better" exists in English. 02br
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00See you, 02br
00Hela 0-
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00I wonder though if "I / you WOULD better" exists in English12blockquote
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00It's my personal English 05002br
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00paco 010id5
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0 Then you need, "You would 01u00do02u00better to ..."050010id1
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0Thanks, Jim050010id1
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