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COUME Posted 22 years ago
Grammar
Number of unique opening or openingS
Hello,
I am stuck on this one
I believe that in using number I have to put the following noun at its plural form, so in my case:
number of unique openings
But it sounds strange to me
Should I use:
number of unique opening
Which form is correct in my case?
thxs in advance
Ludo
I am stuck on this one
I believe that in using number I have to put the following noun at its plural form, so in my case:
number of unique openings
But it sounds strange to me
Should I use:
number of unique opening
Which form is correct in my case?
thxs in advance
Ludo
Top answer
"Opening" is a countable noun, so "openings" is correct if the number of openings is two or more.
- "Opening" is a countable noun, so "openings" is correct if the number of openings is two or more.
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"Opening" is a countable noun, so "openings" is correct if the number of openings is two or more.
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Expressions such as:
- a number of
- a large/small number of
- the number of
- large/small numbers of
are followed by a noun in the plural ("a number of" can refer only to countable nouns).
"Large numbers of/A large number of teachers attended the seminar."
"This killing brings the number of deaths this year to 26."
"A number of (=several) well-qualifi
- a number of
- a large/small number of
- the number of
- large/small numbers of
are followed by a noun in the plural ("a number of" can refer only to countable nouns).
"Large numbers of/A large number of teachers attended the seminar."
"This killing brings the number of deaths this year to 26."
"A number of (=several) well-qualifi
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