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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Third person singular/ collective noun
>what about Islam who blames EVERYONE and
>the Black Population who blames everyone who is white and
>what about gun control advacates who blame everyone who owns a gun for death.
>And what about white population who blame everyone who is black.
I ran into this paragraph while checking out a CNN forum. I know the subject matter is somewhat
delicate, but please disregard it. Now, in this paragraph, the poster, when talking about
the black population and the white population, uses both "blames" and "blame", respectively.
I know it's a collective noun or not problem, but can one treat the exact same noun in two different ways
within a paragraph?
TIA
mac
>the Black Population who blames everyone who is white and
>what about gun control advacates who blame everyone who owns a gun for death.
>And what about white population who blame everyone who is black.
I ran into this paragraph while checking out a CNN forum. I know the subject matter is somewhat
delicate, but please disregard it. Now, in this paragraph, the poster, when talking about
the black population and the white population, uses both "blames" and "blame", respectively.
I know it's a collective noun or not problem, but can one treat the exact same noun in two different ways
within a paragraph?
TIA
mac
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Anonymous but can one treat the exact same noun in two different wayswithin a paragraph? It is not good style, certainly, but it is not a grammar mistake, since number in such a case is in the mind of the writer.
- Anonymous but can one treat the exact same noun in two different wayswithin a paragraph?
- It is not good style, certainly, but it is not a grammar mistake, since number in such a case is in the mind of the writer.
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Anonymous but can one treat the exact same noun in two different wayswithin a paragraph?It is not good style, certainly, but it is not a grammar mistake, since number in such a case is in the mind of the writer.
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