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TWong Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

What colors? and what color?

Which is valid or invalid for these answers and questions?
How many colors are Doraemon?
How many colors is Doraemon?
What colors are Doraemon?
What colors is Doraemon?

Doraemon is white and blue.
Doraemon are white and blue.

in case there are more than one color on an object or living things.
  

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Plural subject, plural verb. Singular subject, singular verb. So, for the second section: Doraemon is white and blue.

  • Plural subject, plural verb.
  • Singular subject, singular verb.
  • So, for the second section: Doraemon is white and blue.
  • This answer is fine.
  • The problem with the first section is that it is badly worded.
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Plural subject, plural verb. Singular subject, singular verb.

So, for the second section: Doraemon is white and blue. This answer is fine.

The problem with the first section is that it is badly worded. Yes, you could say "How many colors are Doraemon?" and "What colors are Doraemon?" But that is not the natural way to ask those questions. Instead, I would expect something li
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