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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Singular or Plural

Teacher: The answer to question#1 is true and the answer to #2 is false.
Student: Thank you to your (answer, answers)___.
Student: Thank you to your (response, responses)___.

1. Can the student use either answer or answers in the exchange above meaning answer in its entirety thus singular, and answers individually for the two questions thus plural?

2. Do you think response is the only correct answer because responses seems unusual?
  

Top answer

1. Thank you for your answers. 2.

— Ivanhr

  • 1.
  • Thank you for your answers.
  • 2.
  • Thank you for your response.
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13 Answers
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1. Thank you for your answers.

2. Thank you for your response.
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Actually, I'd use the singular "response" since the two answers were combined into one bit of speech.

If two questions were asked at different times and each got its own answer, you'd have two responses.

(But do please note the "for" correction in Ivan's response.)
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Thank you, Ivan and Grammar Geek.
Grammar GeekActually, I'd use the singular "response" since the two answers were combined into one bit of speech.
Can't we use 'Thank you for your answer (singular)' in the same sense as 'response' in your explanation, that is combining the two answers into one bit of speech/response/answer?
Gram
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Hi,

1. Thank you for your answer.

2. Thank you for your response.

Or

Thanks for your answer........Thanks for you response.(For discussion)

Thanks.
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Sorry.....'your response'
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Thanks Toms for sharing your thought on this.

Grammar Geek, Ivan or Tom,

Just an additional question, are the words 'suggestion, comment, thought, input, feedback and reply' has the same sense as you've explain 'response', given my example? What I mean is these terms can either be taken as a whole or individually?
For example:
Thank you for your suggest
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AnonymousJust an additional question, are the words 'suggestion, comment, thought, input, feedback and reply' has the same sense as you've explain 'response', given my example? What I mean is these terms can either be taken as a whole or individually?
For example:
Thank you for your suggestion. (Two suggestions taken as a whole.)
Thank you for your suggestion
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Thanks, Grammar Geek. You've explained everything clearly and completely. I'm glad that now I understand. Cheers. Emotion: smile
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Just an additional question...

What about the word 'explanation', should this be taken individually? Or can be thought of collectively?

For example:
After what you've explained in your last post, can I say:

Thank you for your explanations. (individually -- you explained 'suggestion', you explained 'thoughts', etc.)

or

Than
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I'd use the singular.
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