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Tung Quoc Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
Personnel
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Personnel is countable noun or uncountable noun?
We say (1) or (2)?
1. A teaching personnel, a medical personnel, a library personnel.
2. Teaching personnel, medical personnel, library personnel.
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Personnel is countable noun or uncountable noun?
We say (1) or (2)?
1. A teaching personnel, a medical personnel, a library personnel.
2. Teaching personnel, medical personnel, library personnel.
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personnel is a collective noun. It means it has a singular form, but used as both plural and singular, depending on whether you refer to the group as a unit or to its members as individuals.
- personnel is a collective noun.
- It means it has a singular form, but used as both plural and singular, depending on whether you refer to the group as a unit or to its members as individuals.
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personnel is a collective noun.
It means it has a singular form, but used as both plural and singular, depending on whether you refer to the group as a unit or to its members as individuals.
It means it has a singular form, but used as both plural and singular, depending on whether you refer to the group as a unit or to its members as individuals.
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As you can see here
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=59091&dict=CALD
it's marked U (Uncountable) group/collective noun.
Incho is right in terms of verbs going with it.
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=59091&dict=CALD
it's marked U (Uncountable) group/collective noun.
Incho is right in terms of verbs going with it.
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