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Itasan Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Relation/relations

0 Do ‘relation’ (singular) and ‘relations’ (plural) both work in the following sentences? 02br
001. Out of D.S. Chambers and Michael Baxandall and some Italian scholars Robinson measures up Pound's ideas about the right relation/relations between artist and patron against what we know of how patronage in fact worked in the ducal fiefs of Renaissance Italy. 02br
002. The relation/relations between archbishop and prime minister became at times very uneasy. 02br
003. Any relation/relations between members of the same sex which allowed their difference, did not assimilate both to one fantasy, would be heterosexual. 02br
004. It leads either to problems about the relation/relations between God and the world (for example, to a denial that it is His creation) or…. 02br
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0 Hello Itasan 02br 02br 00I would say that these were the possibilities: 02br 02br 00a) relations between A and B 02br 02br 00b) relationship between A and B 02br 02br 00c) relation of A to B 02br 02br 00In your examples, I would use b). 02br 02br 00But other posters may think differently! 02br 02br 00MrP 0-

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  • 0 Hello Itasan 02br 02br 00I would say that these were the possibilities: 02br 02br 00a) relations between A and B 02br 02br 00b) relationship between A and B 02br 02br 00c) relation of A to B 02br 02br 00In your examples, I would use b).
  • 02br 02br 00But other posters may think differently!
  • 02br 02br 00MrP 0-
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0 Hello Itasan 02br
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00I would say that these were the possibilities: 02br
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00a) relations between A and B 02br
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00b) relationship between A and B 02br
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00c) relation of A to B 02br
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00In your examples, I would use b). 02br
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00But other posters may think
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0 Without a more complete context around these sentences, it would be difficult for me to defend one usage over the other. 02br
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00Nevertheless, if these are test questions requiring a choice, I would answer: 02br
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001. relation 02br
002. relations 02br
003. relations 02br
004. relation 0-
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