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Cc Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Singular/Plural
Hello, can someone please assist me with this singular/plural issue:
1)Find the sum of the Assessed Property Values that is/are over $100,000. (I think the answer should be "is" - singular?)
2)Find the sum of the Market Property Values for the Assessed Property Values over $100,000. (I think the answer should be "is" - singular?)
1)Find the sum of the Assessed Property Values that is/are over $100,000. (I think the answer should be "is" - singular?)
2)Find the sum of the Market Property Values for the Assessed Property Values over $100,000. (I think the answer should be "is" - singular?)
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It depends on what you are supposed to do. a) There are several property value sums (perhaps one for each street). Find the one that is over $100,000.
- It depends on what you are supposed to do.
- a) There are several property value sums (perhaps one for each street).
- Find the one that is over $100,000.
- b) Pick out the property values that are over $100,000 (ignore the ones that are less than $100,000) and then find the sum of them.
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It depends on what you are supposed to do.
a) There are several property value sums (perhaps one for each street). Find the one that is over $100,000.
b) Pick out the property values that are over $100,000 (ignore the ones that are less than $100,000) and then find the sum of them.
a) There are several property value sums (perhaps one for each street). Find the one that is over $100,000.
b) Pick out the property values that are over $100,000 (ignore the ones that are less than $100,000) and then find the sum of them.
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Thanks for the reply Blue Jay. I just want to write it in such a way where people can understand that I am asking them to select this one column of data, And from this column, sum up all the values that are over $100,000. I assumed that because I asked for the sum only (singular) that after the preposition of (the Assessed Property Values....) I would use singular "is". Am I correct?
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You need are. You are referring to the values, plural, not the sum, singular.
Find the sum of the ...... values that are over $100,000.
Find the sum of the ...... values that are over $100,000.
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For properties where the Assessed Property Value is over $100,000, do you want the sum of the Assessed Property Values or the sum of the Market Property Values?
Or do you want both?
Or do you want both?
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That wasn't clear to me in some of what you wrote earlier. Make sure it is clear in your final version.
Clive
Clive
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