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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
The plural of nouns
Hello.
Can you tell me please when we use` people ` and when `peoples`?
I know that peoples means inhabitants of one particular country, so I don`t understand why in this example it is `people` used and not `peoples`.
Statistics prove that while the Russian people is complaining about its living standard, the people (PEOPLES)of Moscow are satisfied with life in their city.
And another question:what is the meaning of blazing row?
Thank you
Can you tell me please when we use` people ` and when `peoples`?
I know that peoples means inhabitants of one particular country, so I don`t understand why in this example it is `people` used and not `peoples`.
Statistics prove that while the Russian people is complaining about its living standard, the people (PEOPLES)of Moscow are satisfied with life in their city.
And another question:what is the meaning of blazing row?
Thank you
Top answer
99 percent of the time, "people" is simply the plural of "person". "people" has another use as a countable noun, with plural "peoples". In this sense, "people" means a racial, national or ethnic group, and "peoples" means several such groups.
- 99 percent of the time, "people" is simply the plural of "person".
- "people" has another use as a countable noun, with plural "peoples".
- In this sense, "people" means a racial, national or ethnic group, and "peoples" means several such groups.
- For example, "the peoples of South America" means all the different ethnic groups in South America.
- Your sentence reads awkwardly to me.
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99 percent of the time, "people" is simply the plural of "person".
"people" has another use as a countable noun, with plural "peoples". In this sense, "people" means a racial, national or ethnic group, and "peoples" means several such groups. For example, "the peoples of South America" means all the different ethnic groups in South America.
Your sentence reads awkwardly to me.
"people" has another use as a countable noun, with plural "peoples". In this sense, "people" means a racial, national or ethnic group, and "peoples" means several such groups. For example, "the peoples of South America" means all the different ethnic groups in South America.
Your sentence reads awkwardly to me.
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Oh, and the sentence also needs to resolve the potential contradiction that the people of Moscow are themselves mostly Russians -- for example by saying that "other Russians" are complaining, or some such thing.
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Thank you for your answers.
Well the sentence was like that:Statistics prove thar while the Russian people is/are complaining about its/their living standard....and I wrote `are,their`but the answer was is/its...so,I `m confused..
Now I have another sentence which sounds strange to me:
A,- means of travelling around in the galaxy was/were devised by Asimov in The Foundation Trilogy.
Well the sentence was like that:Statistics prove thar while the Russian people is/are complaining about its/their living standard....and I wrote `are,their`but the answer was is/its...so,I `m confused..
Now I have another sentence which sounds strange to me:
A,- means of travelling around in the galaxy was/were devised by Asimov in The Foundation Trilogy.
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AnonymousWell the sentence was like that:Statistics prove thar while the Russian people is/are complaining about its/their living standard..and I wrote `are,their`but the answer was is/its...so,I `m confused..I don't agree with that answer. "the Russian people is complaining about its living standard" is strained, in my opinion.
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Hello again.Can you,please explain this: Is the noun `billiards` always followed by a plural?
For example in this sentence:Billiards often replace/replaces other types of entertainment in the English countryside.
My answer was` replace` but the answer in the book was` replaces`.
Thank you
For example in this sentence:Billiards often replace/replaces other types of entertainment in the English countryside.
My answer was` replace` but the answer in the book was` replaces`.
Thank you
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The noun "billiards" looks plural but is in fact always singular. Therefore "replaces" is correct.
By the way, on another subject, you are consistently using an incorrect character,`, for quotation marks and apostrophes. I'm not sure exactly what style of keyboard you are using, but try to find the character that looks 'like this' and use it for single quotation marks and apostrophes. Do
By the way, on another subject, you are consistently using an incorrect character,`, for quotation marks and apostrophes. I'm not sure exactly what style of keyboard you are using, but try to find the character that looks 'like this' and use it for single quotation marks and apostrophes. Do
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What about "bowls","cards","dominoes","draughts"...are they also singular?
I hope you see the difference in writing
I hope you see the difference in writing
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AnonymousWhat about "bowls","cards","dominoes","draughts"...are they also singular?All these can be either plural or singular. When referring to several of the respective items they are plural; when referring to the game they are singular. For example:
"These dominoes are over two hundred years old."
"Dominoes is not as popular
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