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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
When to use plural for the object of a sentence
Hi
I read the sentence below on the internet. I was just wondering why it was not written as "heads" (plural) instead of "head". The subject of the sentence is investors...so it got be more than one head.
Investors, competitors, and even potential employees may still be scratching their head that the company made such a mistake with something so important
Thanks in advance,
Mary
I read the sentence below on the internet. I was just wondering why it was not written as "heads" (plural) instead of "head". The subject of the sentence is investors...so it got be more than one head.
Investors, competitors, and even potential employees may still be scratching their head that the company made such a mistake with something so important
Thanks in advance,
Mary
Top answer
Hi, In this context, the meaning is clear. It can be written both ways. Clive
- Hi, In this context, the meaning is clear.
- It can be written both ways.
- Clive
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Hi,
In this context, the meaning is clear. It can be written both ways.
Clive
In this context, the meaning is clear. It can be written both ways.
Clive
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Since "their" is a plural form, head has to be plural, too.
There is a situation in which you might say, "The team of experts advising the president about the subsidy are scratching their collective head about why the public doesn't understand the success of the infusions of cash into the economy."
But, in the sentence you describe, these are all disparate entities so I can't e
There is a situation in which you might say, "The team of experts advising the president about the subsidy are scratching their collective head about why the public doesn't understand the success of the infusions of cash into the economy."
But, in the sentence you describe, these are all disparate entities so I can't e
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