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Maple Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
singular/plural
Sentence:
Many antiarrhythmic agents have pharmacologically active metabolites whose production varies extensively within the population and whose activity may be different from that of the parent compound.
Doubts:
What's the reason of production is singular while metabolite is in its plural? Is it simply because production is uncountable and metabolite is countable? What if production be replaced by a countable noun here, say, result?Does result have to be in its plural, i.e. results, here?
A little complicated, I hope I've been clear. A lot of thanks
Many antiarrhythmic agents have pharmacologically active metabolites whose production varies extensively within the population and whose activity may be different from that of the parent compound.
Doubts:
What's the reason of production is singular while metabolite is in its plural? Is it simply because production is uncountable and metabolite is countable? What if production be replaced by a countable noun here, say, result?Does result have to be in its plural, i.e. results, here?
A little complicated, I hope I've been clear. A lot of thanks
Top answer
Read: pharmacologically-active metabolite s metabolite s is a NOUN but you seem to have understood that. Now, moving to your question. See this example: Many people have umbrellas whose color is red .
- Read: pharmacologically-active metabolite s metabolite s is a NOUN but you seem to have understood that.
- Now, moving to your question.
- See this example: Many people have umbrellas whose color is red .
- I don't find anything strange about it.
- You're talking about a common property (and that is uncountable) to all those umbrellas, color .
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Read:
pharmacologically-active metabolites
metabolites
is a NOUN
but you seem to have understood that.
Now, moving to your question. See this example:
Many people have umbrellas whose color is red.
I don't find anyth
pharmacologically-active metabolites
metabolites
is a NOUN
but you seem to have understood that.
Now, moving to your question. See this example:
Many people have umbrellas whose color is red.
I don't find anyth
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Marius HancuMany people have umbrellas whose color is red.A simple and good example!
I don't find anything strange about it. You're talking about a common property to all those umbrellas, color. You shouldn't say colorS.
Same in your example, production.
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