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Akshay deep mishra Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

typical grammar

there is this quote "with power comes great responsibility" so i want to know if i wanted to use a plural form of any word in place of 'power' would there be any change in the same sentence? like for example in the above sentence only if instead of power i wanted to write powers would the new sentence be "with great powers come great responsibility"? please help!!
  

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Hello, akshay deep mishra—and welcome to English Forums. Thank you for registering as a member. akshay deep mishra if instead of power i wanted to write powers would the new sentence be "with great powers come great responsibility"?

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  • akshay deep mishra if instead of power i wanted to write powers would the new sentence be "with great powers come great responsibility"?
  • The grammar is possible, but the word choice is not the native one.
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Hello, akshay deep mishra—and welcome to English Forums. Thank you for registering as a member.
akshay deep mishra if instead of power i wanted to write powers would the new sentence be "with great powers come great responsibility"?
The grammar is possible, but the word choice is not the native one.
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Mister MicawberThe grammar is possible
Hi Mr M. You don't really mean that, do you? Responsibility, the subject, is singular.
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could you please be more specific?
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AnonymousWhen referring to yourself, you should always write a capital letter I.
I know that, it was just so urgent to know the answer that I couldn't help myself and also it was so inevitable. You should've answered the real question though.
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Cool BreezeYou don't really mean that, do you? Responsibility, the subject, is singular
You're right; I missed that. I was more concerned with 'power/powers' as countable/uncountable.
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akshay deep mishracould you please be more specific?
How could we do that? What do you not understand?
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Mister MicawberHow could we do that? What do you not understand?
Please tell me if the verb form of 'come' is decided based upon power/powers or as the other guy mentioned about the subject, which one?
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akshay deep mishraPlease tell me if the verb form of 'come' is decided based upon power/powers or as the other guy mentioned about the subject, which one?
Upon the subject; I erred.
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Mister MicawberUpon the subject; I erred.
So the use of come/comes is decided based upon the subject i.e. responsibility in the sentence that we are talking about? Okay that's something new I've learned.
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akshay deep mishraSo the use of come/comes is decided based upon the subject i.e. responsibility in the sentence that we are talking about?
Yes, that's right. 'With great power/powers' is just an adverbial phrase.
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