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Findaway Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Singular/plural

1. Our relationship/s with children is one of a carer.
2. Our communication/s with adults should always be formal. Keeping communication/s formal will help us maintain the necessary boundary. This will make communication/s much easier.
  

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I'm quite sure that saying "our relationship S " will sound pretty odd as well as saying: "our communication S " although they are not grammatically wrong, since both " relationship " and " communication " are countable nouns . Nonetheless, these words are abstract ; they refer to emotions and feelings , not actions. When expressing emotions, pluralized words may sound quite odd.

  • I'm quite sure that saying "our relationship S " will sound pretty odd as well as saying: "our communication S " although they are not grammatically wrong, since both " relationship " and " communication " are countable nouns .
  • Nonetheless, these words are abstract ; they refer to emotions and feelings , not actions.
  • When expressing emotions, pluralized words may sound quite odd.
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I'm quite sure that saying "our relationshipS" will sound pretty odd as well as saying: "our communicationS" although they are not grammatically wrong, since both "relationship" and "communication" are countable nouns.

Nonetheless, these words are abstract; they refer to emotions and feelings, not actions. When expressing emo

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findaway1. Our relationship/s with children is one of a carer.

Since the complement "one of a carer" is singular, it follows that the subject must also be singular.

findaway2. Our communication/s with adults should always be formal. Keeping communication/s formal will help us maintain the necessary boundary. This will

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