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Liveinjapan Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Sales is/are

Domestic sales is down this year.
Domestic sales are down this year.
Domestic sales has dropped this year.
Domestic sales have dropped this year.

Are they all acceptable?

Thanks
LiJ
  

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You might be able to make a case for the singular within the specialized world of corporate finance (or a similar domain), but I would say these with the plural verbs only. CJ

— CalifJim

  • You might be able to make a case for the singular within the specialized world of corporate finance (or a similar domain), but I would say these with the plural verbs only.
  • CJ
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You might be able to make a case for the singular within the specialized world of corporate finance (or a similar domain), but I would say these with the plural verbs only.

CJ
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Liveinjapan
Domestic sales is down this year.
Domestic sales are down this year.
Domestic sales has dropped this year.
Domestic sales have dropped this year.

Are they all acceptable?

Thanks
LiJSentences 2 and 4 are correct. (sales are/have)

Hi Moderator

I posted a similar reply earlier,
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Hi Moderator? Emotion: smile

Do you mean Hi CalifJim, Yong?
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CalifJimYou might be able to make a case for the singular within the specialized world of corporate finance (or a similar domain), but I would say these with the plural verbs only.
Got it. Thanks, CJ and YL.
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