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Sarcandra Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

trainings?

Hi. Sorry if this question has been answered already. I asked it yesterday in this forum without signing in and couldn't find it today.

I'm trying to choose between "All training is" and "All trainings are":

Example
-All training is recorded in the monitoring log.
-All trainings are recorded in the monitoring log.

I've always thought of "training" as noncount, but hear "trainings" sometimes. I could revise and avoid using "All," but I'd like to know also if "trainings" is acceptable.

Thanks for the help!

Sarcandra
  

Top answer

The plural is not acceptable. Use 'all training is'.

— Mister Micawber

  • The plural is not acceptable.
  • Use 'all training is'.
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The plural is not acceptable. Use 'all training is'.
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Are you sure? I can find trainings also in the plural form
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Hello, Gomez. You can find anything you want, especially on the internet. I'm trying to teach good, standard English here.
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Mister MicawberThe plural is not acceptable
Do you mean the plural 'trainings' is always not acceptable, or that the plural is not acceptable only in this case? For example, can I say this?

-The tennis team will have regular trainings every Friday.
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OttoJDo you mean the plural 'trainings' is always not acceptable
That's what I mean. At least I cannot think of a case in which 'training' is not the standard.
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I see and hear 'trainings' more and more, but I don't consider it acceptable - yet.
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Say
eg -The tennis team will have regular training sessions every Friday.
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