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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Please, help me!

Hi!

Is it right to say :

- "She complains to him about crimes".

- "Recently deaths have been increasing drastically and TV has been emphasizing them".

Thanks,

Agatha
  

Top answer

Hi, Is it right to say : - "She complains to him about crimes". - "Recently deaths have been increasing drastically and TV has been emphasizing them". Both are correct grammatically.

— Clive

  • Hi, Is it right to say : - "She complains to him about crimes".
  • - "Recently deaths have been increasing drastically and TV has been emphasizing them".
  • Both are correct grammatically.
  • But I'd more naturally say them this way.
  • - "She complains to him about crime".
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Hi,

Is it right to say :

- "She complains to him about crimes".

- "Recently deaths have been increasing drastically and TV has been emphasizing them".

Both are correct grammatically. But I'd more naturally say them this way.

- "She complains to him
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Thank you very much, Clive. By the way, so if I write : "Crime have been increasing drastically in these last years " , is it OK?

Best wishes,

Agatha
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Hi,

if I write : "Crime has been increasing drastically in these last years " , is it OK?

Yes.

Clive
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Thank you, Clive!!!

Best wishes,

Agatha
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Hi,

Sorry, I don't understand any of this. Please try to say it another way.Emotion: smile

Clive
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"Recently the number of deaths has been increasing drastically and TV has been emphasizing them".


Clive wrote the above.
I am a bit curious about the words 'has been' here.

You strictly reckon the words ' the number of deaths' as a singular unit.

It will not be wrong to reckon as a plural unit to
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Hi,

"Recently the number of deaths has been increasing drastically and TV has been emphasizing them".



I am a bit curious about the words 'has been' here.

You strictly reckon the words ' the number of deaths' as a singular unit. In a sense, yes, but I prefer to look at it that the subject is the singular w
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