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My favorite part of being a student at “x” is running the 2 mile multiple times.
My favorite parts of being a student at “x” is running the 2 mile multiple times.
1 or 2? I feel like it’s 2 as a part is one segment, and if you do it multiple times, shouldn’t it be parts.
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It should be "part". We consider this to be one activity, even though you do it multiple times. At minimum I would change "running the 2 mile" to "running the two-mile".
- It should be "part".
- We consider this to be one activity, even though you do it multiple times.
- At minimum I would change "running the 2 mile" to "running the two-mile".
- If you were to use "parts" to talk about multiple activities, then you would also need to change "is" to "are": My favourite parts ...
- are ...
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It should be "part". We consider this to be one activity, even though you do it multiple times.
At minimum I would change "running the 2 mile" to "running the two-mile".
If you were to use "parts" to talk about multiple activities, then you would also need to change "is" to "are":
My favourite parts ... are ... X, Y and Z.
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