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Vcolts Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Singular/Plural Q?
Ex.
a. Some people have jobs, you know?
b. Some people have a job, you know?
a. People have a computer at home.
b. People have computers at home.
Q. Is it possible to have the noun in the singular form in the above cases? If not, why do we need to keep them in the plural form?
Thanks in advance.
a. Some people have jobs, you know?
b. Some people have a job, you know?
a. People have a computer at home.
b. People have computers at home.
Q. Is it possible to have the noun in the singular form in the above cases? If not, why do we need to keep them in the plural form?
Thanks in advance.
Top answer
This is a good question, and I will defer to someone else to more accurately explain it. The issue, as far as I can tell, is a result of these being generalizations, or generic statements. You, most likely, already know that a noun can be definite or indefinite; typically determined by its article (a/an, or the).
- This is a good question, and I will defer to someone else to more accurately explain it.
- The issue, as far as I can tell, is a result of these being generalizations, or generic statements.
- You, most likely, already know that a noun can be definite or indefinite; typically determined by its article (a/an, or the).
- But nouns can also be generic.
- In general/generic statements you can use either the definite or indefinite article and still end up with a generic noun if the noun is a singular count noun.
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This is a good question, and I will defer to someone else to more accurately explain it.
The issue, as far as I can tell, is a result of these being generalizations, or generic statements.
You, most likely, already know that a noun can be definite or indefinite; typically determined by its article (a/an, or the). But nouns can also be generic. In general/generic statements you
The issue, as far as I can tell, is a result of these being generalizations, or generic statements.
You, most likely, already know that a noun can be definite or indefinite; typically determined by its article (a/an, or the). But nouns can also be generic. In general/generic statements you
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