What is the difference in meaning between 'made no response' and 'made no responses,' 'yielded no result' and 'yielded no results,' 'talk' and 'talks'?
What is the difference in meaning between 'made no response' and 'made no responses,' 'yielded no result' and 'yielded no results,' 'talk' and 'talks'? Please let me know. Thank you.
Sad to say, Mr. and Mrs. Peterson made no response/responses at all to the invitation by the teachers of their children to communicate with the school. On the other hand, Mr. and Mrs. Moore said that they would talk to their children, but the talk/talks yielded no result/results at all.
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When choosing the plural noun, you decide if more than one fits. Two parents made no response (the count is zero, so singular). If it had read, 'Mr.
- When choosing the plural noun, you decide if more than one fits.
- Two parents made no response (the count is zero, so singular).
- If it had read, 'Mr.
- and Mrs.
- Peterson gave their response/responses,' I would count 2 and use 'responses'.
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When choosing the plural noun, you decide if more than one fits. Two parents made no response (the count is zero, so singular). If it had read, 'Mr. and Mrs. Peterson gave their response/responses,' I would count 2 and use 'responses'.
I assume the last sentence concerns only the parents' effort in talking to their children. I would have difficulty arguing in favour of 'talks' by countin
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