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Moon7296 Posted 12 years ago
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singular plural
A bagel is bread with a hole ine the middle, like a doughnut. Unlike other bread products, bagels are boiled in water before they are baked. This cooking process makes bages chewy and gives them a shiny surface.
Q) Regarding the last sentence, I was wondering if "a shiny surface" can be shiny surfaces because "them" is plural.
Is both correct or only the original?
Q) Regarding the last sentence, I was wondering if "a shiny surface" can be shiny surfaces because "them" is plural.
Is both correct or only the original?
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No, surface is fine. You are referring bagels as a single entity.
- No, surface is fine.
- You are referring bagels as a single entity.
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Only the original is natural. If you used the plural, it would suggest that the bagel had more than one surface.
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