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Contraposition Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Singular or plural?

She gave a smile.
I'd like to make a complaint about the noise.

If we pluralise the subject, then should the object be pluralised?

They gave me (smiles/a smile)
We'd like to make (complaints/a complaint) about the noise.

thanks in advance.
  

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Hi, contraposition If we pluralise the subject, then should the object be pluralised? Not necessarily. That is, your sentences are grammatically correct as they stand.

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  • Hi, contraposition If we pluralise the subject, then should the object be pluralised?
  • Not necessarily.
  • That is, your sentences are grammatically correct as they stand.
  • They gave me a smile - Every one of them gave me a single smile.
  • We'd like to make a complaint about the noise - We'd like to complain about the noise.
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Hi,
contrapositionIf we pluralise the subject, then should the object be pluralised?
Not necessarily. That is, your sentences are grammatically correct as they stand.
They gave me a smile - Every one of them gave me a single smile.
We'd like to make a complaint about the noise - We'd like to complain about the noise.

Regards
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