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Anonymous Posted 7 years ago
Grammar
Subject-verb agreement for uncountable noun
I still don't understand about measurement of uncountable.
When we use:
Two cups of coffee. . .
Two glasses of milk. . .
Two slices of cake. . .
Two pieces of paper. . .
etc.
as a subject of sentence, what verb do we use? singular verb or plural verb?
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anonymous measurement of uncountable nouns Conceptualized as multiple objects Two cups of coffee. . are / were ...
- anonymous measurement of uncountable nouns Conceptualized as multiple objects Two cups of coffee.
- .
- are / were ...
- on the table.
- Two glasses of milk.
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anonymousmeasurement of uncountable nouns
Conceptualized as multiple objects
Two cups of coffee. . . are / were ... on the table.
Two glasses of milk. . . are / were ... placed beside the coffee.
Two slices of cake. . . are / were ... on the plate.
Two pieces of paper. . . are / were ...
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