Hi everybody

I am practicing writing a small paragraph.

The topic is:

In some countries, more and more people are becoming interested in finding out about the history of the house or building they live in.

I am still confused about the grammatical points of sentence above.

Below are some sentences:

1.finding out about the history of the house or building they live in.
(the + singular form)

2.finding out about the history of house or building they live in.
(without the article "the"+ singular form))

3.finding out about the history of the houseS or buildingS they live in.
(the + plural form)

4.finding out about the history of houseS or buildingS they live in. (without the article "the"+plural form))

Which sentence should I use,
1. If I would like to refer people who have only 1 house/ person

2. If I would like to refer people who have more than 2 houses/ person

3. If it doesn't matter that how many houses / person have ( may be 1 house, or 2, 3 houses...), I just want to say people having house in general.

Many thanks in advance.

Question

Hi everybody

I am practicing writing a small paragraph.

The topic is:

In some countries, more and more people are becoming interested in finding out about the history of the house or building they live in.

I am still confused about the grammatical points of sentence above.

Below are some sentences:

1.finding out about the history of the house or building they live in.
(the + singular form)

2.finding out about the history of  house or building they live in.
(without the article "the"+ singular form))

3.finding out about the history of the houseS or buildingS they live in.
(the + plural form)

4.finding out about the history of houseS or buildingS they live in. (without the article "the"+plural form))

Which sentence should I use,
1. If I would like to refer people who have only 1 house/ person

2. If I would like to refer people who have more than 2 houses/ person

3. If it doesn't matter that how many houses / person have ( may be 1 house, or 2, 3 houses...), I just want to say people having house in general.

Many thanks in advance.

Answer

Hi hi!! Hope i can help with piecing these together:

For this scenario:

If I would like to refer people who have only 1 house/ person

I would use the first option mainly because it is very straightforward and direct:

finding out about the history of the house or building they live in.
(the + singular form)

For the second scenario:

If I would like to refer people who have more than 2 houses/ person

I would use:

finding out about the history of the houseS or buildingS they live in.
(the + plural form)

And finally for the third i would also use:

finding out about the history of the houseS or buildingS they live in.
(the + plural form)

Mainly because it encompasses all the scenarios above with the plural form. Hope you find this helpful ☺️