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Jack112 Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Singular vs Plural

#1 is the original sentence. I understand that in #1 they use the pural form 'links' to say it in general but why is 'target' singular? Wouldit be better if it was 'targets'?

1. To take advantage of report links, a user must have the appropriate secuirty rights to a report's link target.
2. To take advantage of report links, a user must have the appropriate secuirty rights to reports' link targets. (Does it make a difference if I use #1 or #2?)

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You want to get across the idea that each report link has one target, so the second version won't work. It gives the impression that a link can have more than one target. I'd change the first to: To take advantage of a report link , a user must have the appropriate security rights to the target of that report link .

— CalifJim

  • You want to get across the idea that each report link has one target, so the second version won't work.
  • It gives the impression that a link can have more than one target.
  • I'd change the first to: To take advantage of a report link , a user must have the appropriate security rights to the target of that report link .
  • CJ
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You want to get across the idea that each report link has one target, so the second version won't work. It gives the impression that a link can have more than one target.

I'd change the first to:
To take advantage of a report link, a user must have the appropriate security rights to the target of that report link.

CJ
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