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Zazzex Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Plurality Question

Hello,

"The Chinese government decided to gradually replace all gunshot executions with lethal drug injection(s?)."



I am not sure if the plurality above is correctly used.

How can you write it better?

Thanks
  

Top answer

This is more politically correct: The Chinese government decided to gradually replace firing squad execution with lethal injection .

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  • This is more politically correct: The Chinese government decided to gradually replace firing squad execution with lethal injection .
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This is more politically correct:

The Chinese government decided to gradually replace firing squad execution with lethal injection.
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Thanks for your reply.

What if I want to emphsaize "all execution" as opposed to some? How should I write it?
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Hi,

Is it possible for us to make a sentence including the word, "all" or "every"? Or is it bad?
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The Chinese government decided to gradually replace all firing squad executions with lethal injection.
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Thanks for the answer.

So, I should not make lethal injection lethal injections, even if I use executions ? Or could I?

Thanks again
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Thanks for clarification.

By the way, did you miss the article, "a" before "lethal injection"?

If not, could you please explain why it does not need an article?

Thank you very much.
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I did not 'miss' the article. 'Injection' is here uncountable. That is the point: it is a method, not an action, and that is what you should want to stress.
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