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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Singular/Plural
Hi forum goers
I read a piece of news on AFP and come across a confusing sentence.
It's here:
"Top lawmakers and officials are obliged to declare property and income annually"
(http://www.afp.com/en/news/topstories/bloggers-expose-lavish-lifestyles-putin-loyalists)
IMO, I'd suppose those nouns "property" and "income" to be put in plural as "properties" and "incomes"
In that those lawmakers are regarded as plural so the nouns followed have got to be treated as plural as always.
Even if it's regarded as only one entity, the noun "income" could also be put in as plural because one single person could have multiple incomes...
So it's just strange seeing it on such sites as AFP.
What are your opinions?
I read a piece of news on AFP and come across a confusing sentence.
It's here:
"Top lawmakers and officials are obliged to declare property and income annually"
(http://www.afp.com/en/news/topstories/bloggers-expose-lavish-lifestyles-putin-loyalists)
IMO, I'd suppose those nouns "property" and "income" to be put in plural as "properties" and "incomes"
In that those lawmakers are regarded as plural so the nouns followed have got to be treated as plural as always.
Even if it's regarded as only one entity, the noun "income" could also be put in as plural because one single person could have multiple incomes...
So it's just strange seeing it on such sites as AFP.
What are your opinions?
Top answer
Anonymous Top lawmakers and officials are obliged to declare property and income annually. Fine as is. Note the lack of articles (determiners).
- Anonymous Top lawmakers and officials are obliged to declare property and income annually.
- Fine as is.
- Note the lack of articles (determiners).
- This indicates that the writer was thinking of these as uncountable nouns, so the plural would not work.
- As written it means all property and all income, and the concept distributes over all lawmakers and officials without any need for further clarification.
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AnonymousTop lawmakers and officials are obliged to declare property and income annually.Fine as is. Note the lack of articles (determiners). This indicates that the writer was thinking of these as uncountable nouns, so the plural would not work. As written it means all property and all income, and the concept distributes over all lawmakers and officials w
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