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Liveinjapan Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

News

What is today's news?

What are today's news?

Are they both correct?

Thanks
LiJ
  

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News is a plural noun always used with a singular verb, meaning information about recent events or happenings, especially as reported by newspapers, periodicals, radio, or television.

— Feebs11

  • News is a plural noun always used with a singular verb, meaning information about recent events or happenings, especially as reported by newspapers, periodicals, radio, or television.
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News is a plural noun always used with a singular verb, meaning information about recent events or happenings, especially as reported by newspapers, periodicals, radio, or television.
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Thank you Feebs. I'll never say What are today's news?
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Feebs11News is a plural noun always used with a singular verb, meaning information about recent events or happenings, especially as reported by newspapers, periodicals, radio, or television.
Hi Feebs

I was taught that 'news' is an uncountable noun.
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Function: noun plural but singular or plural in construction
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Marius HancuFunction: noun plural but singular or plural in construction
Hi Marius

Reproduced below is the definition of 'news'. It is an uncountalbe noun.

Definition

news http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?dict
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That's according to your source, not mine (M-W).

Old fashioned stuff. Things change. 10% is plural in usage on Google.
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Marius HancuThat's according to your source, not mine (M-W).

Old fashioned stuff. Things change. 10% is plural in usage on Google.
Yes, I agree. Long, long ago, 'news' was plural'. However, we must keep up with the change. 'Forty' was spelled 'forty' many, many years ago. Do you want to spell 'forty' as 'fourty'?
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The noun 'news' is plural in form but used with a singular verb. You cannot count 'news' unless you say something such as 'a piece of news'. The word 'news' alone can mean 'one piece of news' or 'many pieces of news'. However, even when it means "many pieces of news', it is used with a singular verb.

The only time I can think of when 'news' might be used with a plural verb is w
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Hi Amy

>However, even when it means "many pieces of news', it is used with a singular verb.

Do you mean 'a three pieces of news are reported' is incorrect? If so, this is a little different to an uncountable noun, isn't it? Because we can use both an uncountable noun and a plural verb with the words like 'three pieces of',right?

LiJ

Edit: After checking on G
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Yoong Liat
Marius HancuThat's according to your source, not mine (M-W).

Old fashioned stuff. Things change. 10% is plural in usage on Google.
Yes, I agree. Long, long ago, 'news' was plural'. However, we must keep up with the change. 'Forty' was spelled 'forty' many, many years ago. Do you want to spell 'forty' as 'f
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