Timeline for ESL TEACHER: I have a question re plural forms
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| Oct 18, 2020 at 21:05 | comment | added | John Lawler | The fixed phrase is school supplies, no article. So both (1) and (2) are wrong for that, and (2) also for pluralizing the verb with price as subject, leaving only (3) as correct. | |
| Oct 18, 2020 at 15:54 | answer | added | Colin Fine | timeline score: 4 | |
| Oct 18, 2020 at 15:34 | comment | added | BoldBen | The price is what's going up and the price is singular in all the presented sentences. Individual supplies have different prices and probably increase at different rates so "The prices of school supplies are going up every year" would be a possible way to say it but that is not what is presented in the question. | |
| Oct 18, 2020 at 15:32 | comment | added | rjpond | Unless you amend "price" to "prices" in #2, it has to be #1 or #3. | |
| Oct 18, 2020 at 15:26 | history | migrated | from english.stackexchange.com (revisions) | ||
| Oct 18, 2020 at 15:09 | comment | added | Cascabel_StandWithUkraine_ | Your student is right. What is the subject of the sentence? | |
| Oct 18, 2020 at 15:04 | history | asked | Haitham Mogherbi | CC BY-SA 4.0 |