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For questions about the difference between singular and plural forms of a word; when they should be used, or the difference between them.
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Singular plural generalization with generic noun phrase
Consider two sentences
1) Do not make noise when you visit 'a patient' in hospital.
2) Do not make noise when you visit 'patients' in hospital. Here do 1) and 2) mean the same or different ?
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Singular Vs plural generic noun case [duplicate]
First let's consider a few sentences
1) A cow is a useful animal.
1') Cows are useful animals.
(In sentence 1) 'a cow' represents all cows in general)
2) A good student is fun to teach.
2') Good s …
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Does an indefinite-article mean always 'one'?
Suppose I am an event organiser and while conducting a game I announce that -
"Whoever wins this game, I will get him a chocolate".
Here I used the word 'a chocolate' so does it mean 'one chocolate' …
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Singular Vs plural while making a general statement
I'm having a hard time understanding whether to use plural or singular while making general sentences.
Doing a bit of research I found both can be used. For example:
Dogs are loyal animals.
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Generic noun phrase + singular/plural
Take the example
Monkeys like bananas.
Here, is 'bananas' referred to banana in general or more than one banana? I guess it represents only banana in general irrespective of one or more than on …
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