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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
Three different questions
Are they correct?
1. The next year, or several years, promises to be great.
2. Q Where can you find a seat belt?
A: It's on a car.
3. Do you think we can have both a countable and uncountable version on this and they would make virtually no difference in meaning?
Some people have (a) great empathy with their spouses.
1. The next year, or several years, promises to be great.
2. Q Where can you find a seat belt?
A: It's on a car.
3. Do you think we can have both a countable and uncountable version on this and they would make virtually no difference in meaning?
Some people have (a) great empathy with their spouses.
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1. " 2. The seatbelt is IN the car.
- 1.
- " 2.
- The seatbelt is IN the car.
- The roof rack is ON the car.
- 3.
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1. When you have compound subject joined by "or" you make the verb agree with the one that comes closest to the verb, so it should be "promise."
2. The seatbelt is IN the car. The roof rack is ON the car.
3. There's not much difference. Using "a" makes it more emphatic somehow. Many people have empathy, but only a few have a GREAT empathy. Do you mean "empathy for"?
2. The seatbelt is IN the car. The roof rack is ON the car.
3. There's not much difference. Using "a" makes it more emphatic somehow. Many people have empathy, but only a few have a GREAT empathy. Do you mean "empathy for"?
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Hi,
For no. 1, would you say the verb has to agree with the closest eventhough for some reason the second subject has been separated by a pair of commas?
1. The next year, or several years, promises to be great.
As to no. 3, I think we usually collocate (?) the words like you did -- empathy for and not empathy with.
For no. 1, would you say the verb has to agree with the closest eventhough for some reason the second subject has been separated by a pair of commas?
1. The next year, or several years, promises to be great.
As to no. 3, I think we usually collocate (?) the words like you did -- empathy for and not empathy with.
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#1 is awkward in its use of the commas. I would rewrite it. If you've already determined that it's more applicable to say "several years," then why even include the first part?
Well beyond the coming year, the next several years promise to be great!
Well beyond the coming year, the next several years promise to be great!
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