Question about sentences
Dear all,
Kindly tell me which of the following expressions is correct. I personally feel that the 2nd one is correct. But I have seen the first sentence in a grammar book.
1) Temperature are soaring.
2) Temperature is soaring.
Thank you.
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There is an interesting thing about the noun "Temperature" in English; it CAN be used as a countable noun and uncountable too. You can specify it certainly as a plural by adding "s" to be called "Temperatures" then say: - Temperatures are ( This structure is familiar to us) You consider it a singular without adding "s" to become "Temperature". - Temperature is (That's familiar to us, too) * You consider it a PLURAL and use "are" after it, but leave it as it is WITHOUT adding "s" : -Temperature are (That's unfamiliar to us, and that's why you feel it sounds wrong but it's not) There are a lot of statements that a person, at first, could think of them as a "typo" but as long as they were taken from a grammar book , it's better for us to make sure.
- There is an interesting thing about the noun "Temperature" in English; it CAN be used as a countable noun and uncountable too.
- You can specify it certainly as a plural by adding "s" to be called "Temperatures" then say: - Temperatures are ( This structure is familiar to us) You consider it a singular without adding "s" to become "Temperature".
- - Temperature is (That's familiar to us, too) * You consider it a PLURAL and use "are" after it, but leave it as it is WITHOUT adding "s" : -Temperature are (That's unfamiliar to us, and that's why you feel it sounds wrong but it's not) There are a lot of statements that a person, at first, could think of them as a "typo" but as long as they were taken from a grammar book , it's better for us to make sure.
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There is an interesting thing about the noun "Temperature" in English; it CAN be used as a countable noun and uncountable too.
You can specify it certainly as a plural by adding "s" to be called "Temperatures" then say:
-Temperatures are ( This structure is familiar to us)
You consider it a singular without adding "s" to become "Tem
0cat navy 425I have seen the first sentence in a grammar book.
Really? I'm surprised because they are both wrong.
You need The temperature is soaring or Temperatures are soaring. It's pretty simple.
CJ
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