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Liveinjapan Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

State

data communication state of mobile phone terminals

Is singular "state" is best even though it is followed by a plural noun?
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data communication state of mobile phone terminals Yes. Plural "states" is rare (except in movie titles Altered States ) What is the state of your stock market holdings? "State" = "condition" What is the condition of your golf clubs?

  • data communication state of mobile phone terminals Yes.
  • Plural "states" is rare (except in movie titles Altered States ) What is the state of your stock market holdings?
  • "State" = "condition" What is the condition of your golf clubs?
  • " Well, now that I think more about your example, and try to imagine the context, perhaps the plural is correct.
  • If you're using this as the title of a spread sheet** listing one-by-one the states of a large number of terminals, plural would work.
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data communication state of mobile phone terminals

Yes. Plural "states" is rare (except in movie titles
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Thanks so much, Avangi. Your insight really makes me understand this issue clearly!

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