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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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Is the following sentence correct?

"Nowadays, all we see is skyscrapers and multi-storeyed buildings."
  

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Use the singular verb ("is") when "all" refers to a totality or a non-countable noun; the plural for a collection of individuals.

  • Use the singular verb ("is") when "all" refers to a totality or a non-countable noun; the plural for a collection of individuals.
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Use the singular verb ("is") when "all" refers to a totality or a non-countable noun; the plural for a collection of individuals.
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Between us, we've given the right answer.
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Could you please give some examples?

And can you tell if these sentences are correct?

"All we see are clouds."
"All we hear about is Robert and Kristen."

Thanks!
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Anonymous"All we see are clouds."
Clouds are all we see. (Is that more obvious?)
Anonymous"All we hear about is Robert and Kristen."
I don't know about them, but all I'm hearing about these days is William, Kate and Charlotte Elizabeth Dianna.
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If the "all" is counting individual things, use the plural:

"All the reports we hear are about Robert and Kristen."

If the "all" refers to an abstract totality or a non-countable noun, use the singular:

"All we hear about is Robert and Kristen."

When AlpheccaStars looks at her cityscape, she sees individual buildings, so she says, "All we see are sk
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Anonymous Is the following sentence correct?"Nowadays, all we see is skyscrapers and multi-storeyed buildings."
Yes.

Note that you have many choices for the word before 'buildings':

multistory, multistorey, multistoried, multistoreyed, multi-story, multi-storey, multi-storied, multi-storeyed

CJ
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Thank you so much everyone! I was really confused about this beforehand, but now it's all crystal clear to me.Emotion: happy

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