Should I say 'queen' or 'queens'? Is 'can or will' correctly used in the sentence?
Should I say 'queen' or 'queens'? Is 'can or will' correctly used in the sentence?
Queen Elizabeth did amazing things that most likely no other (queen, queens) can or will do.
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Singular "queen" because you are talking about any other particular queen (not as a group). However, I am not sure about the use of present tense in the last half. I think a more normal statement would be EITHER: Queen Elizabeth did amazing things that most likely no other queen was able to do.
- Singular "queen" because you are talking about any other particular queen (not as a group).
- However, I am not sure about the use of present tense in the last half.
- I think a more normal statement would be EITHER: Queen Elizabeth did amazing things that most likely no other queen was able to do.
- (Past) OR Queen Elizabeth did amazing things that most likely no other queen could or would be able to do.
- (Future)
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Singular "queen" because you are talking about any other particular queen (not as a group).
However, I am not sure about the use of present tense in the last half. I think a more normal statement would be EITHER:
Queen Elizabeth did amazing things that most likely no other queen was able to do. (Past)
OR
Queen Elizabeth did amazing things that most likely no ot
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