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Parkp Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
speakers and their audience or audiences
Hi. Can anyone tell me which of the following is correct in both of the sentences below? I'm not sure about the rules regarding these plural words. Thank you!
A podium can become a barrier between speakers and their audience (or should it be audiences?).
These presenters look up over the audiences' heads. (or should it be... These presenters look up over the audience's heads)
A podium can become a barrier between speakers and their audience (or should it be audiences?).
These presenters look up over the audiences' heads. (or should it be... These presenters look up over the audience's heads)
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Hi Parkp, Welcome to EnglishForward!. Here, the noun 'audience' is a plural noun, and it means 'a group of listeners or spectators'. Hence, you can say 'audience' instead of 'audiences'.
- Hi Parkp, Welcome to EnglishForward!.
- Here, the noun 'audience' is a plural noun, and it means 'a group of listeners or spectators'.
- Hence, you can say 'audience' instead of 'audiences'.
- But, wait for natives.
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Hi Parkp,
Welcome to EnglishForward!. Here, the noun 'audience' is a plural noun, and it means 'a group of listeners or spectators'. Hence, you can say 'audience' instead of 'audiences'. But, wait for natives.
Welcome to EnglishForward!. Here, the noun 'audience' is a plural noun, and it means 'a group of listeners or spectators'. Hence, you can say 'audience' instead of 'audiences'. But, wait for natives.
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Yeah Krish! "Audience" is uncountable noun, its meaning is plural. It is used with the meaning "a group of listeners or readers", like the word "people". Nobody uses "peoples".
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But I think it is possible to use "peoples" in the phrases like this, for example:
"The peoples of the former Soviet Union".
Can anybody say if I am right?
"The peoples of the former Soviet Union".
Can anybody say if I am right?
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audience is already a plural noun.it is wrong to add -s after it so it must be audience's
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Not necessarily.
Audience is not so mucn a plural as a collective noun - in the same way as herd or group. You can have more than one herd or group or audience. Supposing you had two movie theatres next to each other, each showing a different film, and both very popular. You could say both audiences enjoyed their evening.
Something belonging to a single audience would be audience
Audience is not so mucn a plural as a collective noun - in the same way as herd or group. You can have more than one herd or group or audience. Supposing you had two movie theatres next to each other, each showing a different film, and both very popular. You could say both audiences enjoyed their evening.
Something belonging to a single audience would be audience
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0 OMG! I didn't expect that a lot of people are not pretending to know something about language. "Peoples" is correct when you refer to different races. "Audiences" is likewise correct when you refer to different types of audience. 0-
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Dear Ruslana,
People is a collective noun so we can eiither put " 's " when we are reffering people as a possesive noun like " people's government" if you want to mention number of people you could always use pupils, instead od peoples :-)
So you could use either of the below:
People is a collective noun so we can eiither put " 's " when we are reffering people as a possesive noun like " people's government" if you want to mention number of people you could always use pupils, instead od peoples :-)
So you could use either of the below:
- " The People of the former Soviet Union"
- " The pupil of the former Soviet
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Dear Anonymous,
No one said " Peoples" is a worng usage, however the question asked was whether it is right in the sentence provided?
English is widely spoken which makes this language flexible and gives liberty to people to experiment with the same.
if you observe this language it take its own form, if that language is widely used and so does the grammar rules.
No one said " Peoples" is a worng usage, however the question asked was whether it is right in the sentence provided?
English is widely spoken which makes this language flexible and gives liberty to people to experiment with the same.
if you observe this language it take its own form, if that language is widely used and so does the grammar rules.
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