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Jacklong Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Phenomenon or phenomena

0 " To measure time, we must select some other phenomenon which we can manipulate and which recurs in identical fashion." 02br
00My question is that 'some' and ' phenomenon' are incompatible here, because 'phenomenon' is countable. So what I think the correct sentense is " To measure time, we must select some other phenomena which we can manipulate and which recur in identical fashion." or " To measure time, we must select a phenomenon which we can manipulate and which recurs in identical fashion." 02br
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0 Hello, Jacklong, 02br 00I think here they mean "some other kind of phenomenon", in the singular. "a different phenomenon". 0-

— Pieanne

  • 0 Hello, Jacklong, 02br 00I think here they mean "some other kind of phenomenon", in the singular.
  • "a different phenomenon".
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0 Hello, Jacklong, 02br
00I think here they mean "some other kind of phenomenon", in the singular. "a different phenomenon". 0-
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0 There is actually no incompatibility between "some" and a singular. 02br
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00"some other" means "another" here. Using "some" emphasizes the unknown aspect. We don't know exactly which phenomenon. 02br
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0 Thank you so much for your explanation. 02br
00I am clear now. 0-
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