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Warrener Posted 20 years ago
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No puma OR no pumas?
0 Sentence: As no pumas had been reported missing from any zoo in the country, this one must have been in the possession of a private collector and somehow managed to escape. 02 br
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00 Question 1: Should "no pumas" be "no puma"? 02 br
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00 Question 2: Which is correct: (a) "No puma has been reported missing." (b) "No pumas has been reported missing." (c) "No pumas have been reported missing." 02 br
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00 Thank you for your help! 0-
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00 Question 1: Should "no pumas" be "no puma"? 02 br
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00 Question 2: Which is correct: (a) "No puma has been reported missing." (b) "No pumas has been reported missing." (c) "No pumas have been reported missing." 02 br
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00 Thank you for your help! 0-
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02 br 02 br 00 After "no" in the subject the distinction between singular and plural is somewhat neutralized. 02 br 02 br 00 CJ 0-
- 02 br 02 br 00 After "no" in the subject the distinction between singular and plural is somewhat neutralized.
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0 I find all the following correct. 02 br
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00 No puma had been reported missing. 02 br
00 No pumas had been reported missing. 02 br
00 No puma has been reported missing. 02 br
00 No pumas have been reported missing. 02 br
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00 After "no" in the subject the distinction between singular and plural is somewhat neutralized
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00 No puma had been reported missing. 02 br
00 No pumas had been reported missing. 02 br
00 No puma has been reported missing. 02 br
00 No pumas have been reported missing. 02 br
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00 After "no" in the subject the distinction between singular and plural is somewhat neutralized
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