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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Notional matching?
Hi. Do we have to match the subject as we think they are?
Any is/are fine.
Ten percent is/are absent.
Any is/are fine.
Ten percent is/are absent.
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I guess it depends on the scenario. Ten percent is/are absent. I just made a cake and someone already starting eating it!
- I guess it depends on the scenario.
- Ten percent is/are absent.
- I just made a cake and someone already starting eating it!
- Ten percent is absent!
- (Kind of a strange situation.
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I guess it depends on the scenario.
Ten percent is/are absent.
I just made a cake and someone already starting eating it! Ten percent is absent! (Kind of a strange situation. For something like cake we would typically say "half" or a "quarter" and instead of absent would say "missing" or "gone")
That flu that's been going around the school
Ten percent is/are absent.
I just made a cake and someone already starting eating it! Ten percent is absent! (Kind of a strange situation. For something like cake we would typically say "half" or a "quarter" and instead of absent would say "missing" or "gone")
That flu that's been going around the school
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Thank you. What is the difference?
I like chocolate. (Is this indicating the substance of chocolate?)
I like chocolates.
I like chocolate. (Is this indicating the substance of chocolate?)
I like chocolates.
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"Is" is used when the thing in question is "singular". "Cake" and "type" are singular.
"Are" is used when the thing in question is "plural". "Students" and "ones" are plural.
If you say "I like chocolate" it can mean either chocolate as in chocolate candy or just the flavor of chocolate in general. Chocolate milk, cake, pudding, ice cream, etc.
When I hear "chocolate
"Are" is used when the thing in question is "plural". "Students" and "ones" are plural.
If you say "I like chocolate" it can mean either chocolate as in chocolate candy or just the flavor of chocolate in general. Chocolate milk, cake, pudding, ice cream, etc.
When I hear "chocolate
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