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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
Re: Was vs Were
0 anyone know the proper way to say the following...regarding a music band that is said as a plural... "The House Guests."the sentence i wiash to write is this: 02 br
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00 "The House Guests" was a band including bootsy and his brother phelps... 02 br
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00 or: 02 br
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00 "The House Guests" were a band... 0-
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00 "The House Guests" was a band including bootsy and his brother phelps... 02 br
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00 or: 02 br
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00 "The House Guests" were a band... 0-
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02 br 00 Use "was". 05 0 02 br 00 CJ 010id 1
- 02 br 00 Use "was".
- 05 0 02 br 00 CJ 010id 1
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0 The name is a single unit, as is made even more clear by " 01 b 00 a 02 b 00 band". 02 br
00 Use "was". 05 0 02 br
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00 Use "was". 05 0 02 br
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1 font 00 Another way to look at it is, any name or title is typically treated as a singular entity. 02 font 02 br
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01 font 00 i.e. “The Beach Boys” 01 u 00 was 02 u 00 a great band in the 60’s and so 01 u 00 was 02 u 00 the “Beatles”. 02 font 0-
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01 font 00 i.e. “The Beach Boys” 01 u 00 was 02 u 00 a great band in the 60’s and so 01 u 00 was 02 u 00 the “Beatles”. 02 font 0-
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1 font 00 Oh! I left out a little detail…. 02 font 02 br
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01 font 00 If I said “The Beach Boys” and “The Beatles” 01 u 00 were 02 u 00 two of the greatest bands in the 60’s, then plural form must be used for now we are talking about 2 bands. 02 font 0-
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01 font 00 If I said “The Beach Boys” and “The Beatles” 01 u 00 were 02 u 00 two of the greatest bands in the 60’s, then plural form must be used for now we are talking about 2 bands. 02 font 0-
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