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Pokh Posted 15 years ago
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Plural Or Singular
The delinquency rates on mortgages for office buildings, hotels, shopping malls, and other commercial properties held by the nation’s insurance companies have increased sharply in recent months
, leading to predictions that foreclosures on these types of loans could double over the next three years.
Will the meaning of above sentence change if I change these types of loans to:
1. these types of loan.
2. these type of loans.
Please help me out
Thank you
, leading to predictions that foreclosures on these types of loans could double over the next three years.
Will the meaning of above sentence change if I change these types of loans to:
1. these types of loan.
2. these type of loans.
Please help me out
Thank you
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pokh 2. these type of loans. That phrase is not grammatically correct because these is plural, and must modify a plural noun.
- pokh 2.
- these type of loans.
- That phrase is not grammatically correct because these is plural, and must modify a plural noun.
- ).
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pokh2. these type of loans.That phrase is not grammatically correct because these is plural, and must modify a plural noun.
You could use "this type of loan," but then there would be a mismatch between the phrase and its antecendent - the different kinds of mortgages (A mortgage is a loan.).
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