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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

singular or plural

Should it be maximize or maximizes?

It has yet to be explored whether high plasma concentrations of Vitamin C ‘maximize or maximizes' its therapeutic potential.

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Plural. The subject is "concentrations" ("of Vitamin C" just tells you what the concentrations are made of). So It has yet to be explored whether high plasma concentrations of Vitamin C maximize its therapeutic potential.

  • Plural.
  • The subject is "concentrations" ("of Vitamin C" just tells you what the concentrations are made of).
  • So It has yet to be explored whether high plasma concentrations of Vitamin C maximize its therapeutic potential.
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Plural. The subject is "concentrations" ("of Vitamin C" just tells you what the concentrations are made of). So
It has yet to be explored whether high plasma concentrations of Vitamin C maximize its therapeutic potential.
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Doctor DPlural. The subject is "concentrations" ("of Vitamin C" just tells you what the concentrations are made of). SoIt has yet to be explored whether high plasma concentrations of Vitamin C maximize its therapeutic potential.
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