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Rachel
Which of the following is INCORRECT?
A. The cattle is in the shed.
B. The police have caught the burglar.
C. News of victories keeps pouring in.
D. Where are my spectacles?
What's your answer and why?😄
14 giu 2021 04:18
Risposte · 7
2
The only one that’s incorrect is A—“cattle” is plural
14 giugno 2021
2
A. Incorrect. Cattle is plural so "are" should be used instead of "is". "The cattle are in the shed."
B. Correct. However it doesn't sound as natural as "The police caught the burglar.".
C. Incorrect. Too many plural forms. Option 1 "News of victory keeps pouring in.", means news from a single victorious event keeps pouring in. Option 2 "News of victories keep pouring in.", means news from multiple victorious events keep pouring in.
D. Correct.
14 giugno 2021
1
The only sentence that is incorrect is A. I agree with Kezia Ortiz that C does not sound very good, but there's nothing grammatically wrong with it. "News" is singular, so "news keeps pouring in" is correct.
14 giugno 2021
I think B is incorrect because 'The police' is a singular subject pronoun and we use 'has' when the subject is a singular noun or singular pronoun. People use 'have' when the subject is a plural noun or plural pronoun. The first person singular pronoun 'I' also take have. (Reference: https://www.englishgrammar.org/has-or-have/)
14 giugno 2021
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Competenze linguistiche
Cinese (mandarino), Cinese (cantonese), Inglese, Spagnolo
Lingua di apprendimento
Inglese, Spagnolo
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