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Soonny002 Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Problems with singular/plural?

Please correct my sentence,

"I do not disagree with these unfortunate turn of events."
  

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" The head noun is "turn", not "events". Semantically the sentence doesn't seem very coherent to me. Even assuming you can "disagree" with a "turn of events", why would you "not disagree" with something "unfortunate"?

— GPY

  • " The head noun is "turn", not "events".
  • Semantically the sentence doesn't seem very coherent to me.
  • Even assuming you can "disagree" with a "turn of events", why would you "not disagree" with something "unfortunate"?
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Grammatically it should be "I do not disagree with this unfortunate turn of events." The head noun is "turn", not "events".

Semantically the sentence doesn't seem very coherent to me. Even assuming you can "disagree" with a "turn of events", why would you "not disagree" with something "unfortunate"?
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Thank you GPY, I wasn't aware that "turn" was a noun.

You are right, semantically, this statement doesn't make much sense on its own.

It was part of my essay about the harmful effects of some prescription drugs that has unintended side effects. I was saying that I agree with the historical facts which was presented but not the fact that I 'agree' with the suffering it has cause
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soonny002 I was saying that I agree with the historical facts which was presented
By "agree", do you mean that you accept that the facts are correct?
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Yes. That is what I meant.
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soonny002Yes. That is what I meant.
Then perhaps you could say "I do not dispute that these unfortunate events occurred."
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