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Question #1 - Singular or Plural
Which is correct: The group of boys plays football or the group of boys play football?
What do you think?
Question #2 - Is the teaching assistant correct?
The following sentence: "The nine categories are equally weighted, each representing, therefore, 11.1% of the city’s overall green score." was criticized for being grammatically-incorrect; the TA writing: "Only grammar issue is check your noun/verb agreement: 'each....respresents.'" I believe that the subject sentence structure is perfectly fine and the TAs criticism entirely without merit (though a semi-colon before the word "each" might have been a better choice). What do you think?
So, is the teaching assistant correct?
Question #3 - Forming Possessives of Proper Names
When a name ends in "s" such as Charles, to make the possessive, do you just use an apostrophe (Charles) or do you use apostrophe s (Charles's)?
How would you write the possessive?
Question #4 - Singular or Plural (again)
When using the word 'number' as in "a small number of samples" is the noun singular (number) or plural (samples)? Which is correct? A small number of samples [is or are] needed. Thank you!
What's the correct form? Singular or plural?
Question #5 - Who or Whom?
Which is correct: "Who do these changes and actions need to be communicated to?" or "To whom do these changes and actions need to be communicated?"
So, which is correct?
Question #6 - Have or Has?
Here's one I'm struggling with. Do you treat names of companies with the word "associates" as singular or plural?
OR
I prefer the first one, and I think it makes sense as the company is "one company." But I have a client arguing with me.
How would you handle this?
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