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Surfer Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

singular + of + plural

Hello, everyone.

Is the following correct?

"List A is the name of the car parts that Adam wants to purchase."

Now, say I'm totally aware of the context for this, and I know it's referring to each part's name. But then, shouldn't it be names, instead of name?

Thanks.
  

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List A is the name...
Lists A, B, C (and so on) are the names...
Doesn't this sound appropriate? @fivejedjon
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List A is the names of the car parts = List A contains the names of the car parts
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I'm still not able to obtain the clarity here.
Can you pls give me a more elaborate and precise answer as to why should it be names and not name?
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Rakshit Sinhaanswer as to why it should be names and not name?
Because with name the sentence would mean that the car parts are named “List A”, which is nonsense.
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Gotcha.
And thanks for the correction. Emotion: smile
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Thank you all very much. Still, Would you please take a look at the following statement:

"All of the participants had their name written on the back of their shirt, as per the instructions of the organizing board."

This one is right, right?
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All of the participants had their names written on the backs of their shirts.
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I would like to know the answer too. I hope some teacher notices it and gives an answer.
In my opinion, it should be:
"All of the participants had their names written at the back of their shirts..."
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