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Moon7296 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
singular or plural? / there is/are -> she or they?
Below is the context for the question regarding singular and plural matters.
Mark had an interview with 7 interviewers.
There was/were one or two Math teachers out of 7 interviewers, and I think the Math teacher(s) thinks Mark does Math well considerably because she is/ they're not math scholars.
How should the underlined parts be corrected?
Q1) For the first underlined part, which verb is correct? I don't know the correct one because of "one or two Math teachers."
I said so because I don't know if there was only one Math teacher or two.
Q2) For the second underlined part, should I add "-s" or not? I'm not sure because in the earlier sentence the referring phrase "one or two Math teachers" is ambiguous.
Q3) For the third underlined part, which is correct? What I do know is there was one female Math teacher and don't know if there was more Math teacher out of 7 interviewers.
Mark had an interview with 7 interviewers.
There was/were one or two Math teachers out of 7 interviewers, and I think the Math teacher(s) thinks Mark does Math well considerably because she is/ they're not math scholars.
How should the underlined parts be corrected?
Q1) For the first underlined part, which verb is correct? I don't know the correct one because of "one or two Math teachers."
I said so because I don't know if there was only one Math teacher or two.
Q2) For the second underlined part, should I add "-s" or not? I'm not sure because in the earlier sentence the referring phrase "one or two Math teachers" is ambiguous.
Q3) For the third underlined part, which is correct? What I do know is there was one female Math teacher and don't know if there was more Math teacher out of 7 interviewers.
Top answer
) because they're not Math scholars. If you state one of them is female you can later say "because she or they are not Math scholars". '.
- ) because they're not Math scholars.
- If you state one of them is female you can later say "because she or they are not Math scholars".
- '.
- Note in British English it's 'Maths' rather than 'Math'.
- You'll have to go by where you are.
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There were one or two Math teachers out of/among (the) 7 interviewers, and I think the Math teacher(s) think Mark does Math well particularly/mostly(?) because they're not Math scholars.
If you state one of them is female you can later say "because she or they are not Math scholars".
I couldn't tell your intent entirely, hence the '?'.
If you state one of them is female you can later say "because she or they are not Math scholars".
I couldn't tell your intent entirely, hence the '?'.
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