2006年3月29日 · Hi Jullowyn, I'll offer a personal view, and then a few professional thoughts about this vexing topic. For me, the subconscious choice of a singular or plural verb to …

2007年7月1日 · Multitude is rarely used in common english. They can be used synonymously. Crowd usually refers to a specific group, whereas multitude can be used in a more abstract …

2017年5月8日 · Istinctively I would go with the first one since "multitude" is the subject, yet "a multitude of versions has been written, sung and recorded" sounds awfully to me. I looked it …

2006年3月29日 · Hi Julie, I believe 'there are' would be used here as 'multitude' is a collective noun, referring to a group of things (but "there is" sounds as though it should be correct!).

2023年5月1日 · Multitude = large number. A thousand, five thousand, ten thousand... Multiple = any numbers in different combinations. 1x3, 2x7x19, 21x48... Also, we are more likely to use …

2007年6月11日 · Each of these operations usually wants a "how to ..." instruction. If you look at it this way, you have a multitude of operation s contained in a manual and therefore it does not …

2009年8月13日 · I'm trying to figure out the correct way to write out a person's full name in this circumstance: Example: John Smith the Second John Smith the Third Are these correct? Is …

2014年9月18日 · Hi, I wonder if it's natural to say: The square was a sea of people. The square had a sea of people. To mean "There were many people in the square." Thanks a lot

2014年9月1日 · Use of a plural verb after a singular noun denoting a group of persons (known as a noun of multitude) is commoner in the U.K. than in the U.S. Fowler wrote: " The Cabinet is …

2015年9月30日 · Concernant l'accord du verbe en présence d'un collectif du type de une série de, le Bon usage (dernière éd., § 431, d) [C'est moi qui ai graissé.] indique :