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Sigular or plural
Could you please tell me whether I have to use the singular or the plural with the following phrase:
two German and one Canadian school(s)
And is it always "disrimination against" or is "discrimination of foreigners" also possible?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Bärbel
two German and one Canadian school(s)
And is it always "disrimination against" or is "discrimination of foreigners" also possible?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Bärbel
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[nq:1]Could you please tell me whether I have to use the singular or the plural with the following phrase: two German and one Canadian school(s)[/nq] School. A sensible person will reorder the phrase in any case. [/nq] "of" is not possible, no, not if you want to mean "against".
- [nq:1]Could you please tell me whether I have to use the singular or the plural with the following phrase: two German and one Canadian school(s)[/nq] School.
- A sensible person will reorder the phrase in any case.
- [/nq] "of" is not possible, no, not if you want to mean "against".
- Adrian
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[nq:1]Could you please tell me whether I have to use the singular or the plural with the following phrase: two German and one Canadian school(s)[/nq]
School. A sensible person will reorder the phrase in any case.
[nq:1]And is it always "disrimination against" or is "discrimination of foreigners" also possible?[/nq]
"of" is not possible, no, not if you want to mean "against".
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School. A sensible person will reorder the phrase in any case.
[nq:1]And is it always "disrimination against" or is "discrimination of foreigners" also possible?[/nq]
"of" is not possible, no, not if you want to mean "against".
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[nq:2]Could you please tell me whether I have to use the singular or the plural with the following phrase: two German and one Canadian school(s)[/nq]
[nq:1]School. A sensible person will reorder the phrase in any case.[/nq]
Agree about reordering, but we have no context here. The most likely one I can imagine is: "In Xberg, there are 2 German and 1 Canadian schools" - "schools" sounds odd
[nq:1]School. A sensible person will reorder the phrase in any case.[/nq]
Agree about reordering, but we have no context here. The most likely one I can imagine is: "In Xberg, there are 2 German and 1 Canadian schools" - "schools" sounds odd
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[nq:1]Agree about reordering, but we have no context here. The most likely one I can imagine is: "In Xberg, there are 2 German and 1 Canadian schools" - "schools" sounds odd after "1 Canadian", but the plural verb makes it mandatory.[/nq]
I disagree.
Adrian
I disagree.
Adrian
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