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Chivalry Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Pluralization

This sentence looks largely erroneaus because of its wrong usage pluralization, but I'm not ENTIRELY sure if I'm right:
"Surprisingly, there WERE no body found at the wreckage of the plane."
Is isn't the to-be verb supposed to be singular instead?
To the best of my knowledge, singular form will be the the one and only correct way to say it.
  

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You're right: it's wrong. The writer is confused between 'there was no body found' and 'there were no bodies found'.

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You're right: it's wrong. The writer is confused between 'there was no body found' and 'there were no bodies found'.
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Mister MicawberYou're right: it's wrong. The writer is confused between 'there was no body found' and 'there were no bodies found'.
excuse me,
but are these two expression interchangeable under all circumstances?
I thought "There was no body found" was the only correct one.
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It depends on how many bodies were expected.
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