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Grammar and Linguistics > was / were
was / were
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Timar Marika
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was / were
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I have a question regarding the passive form of the following sentence:
The mayor spent a lot of money on improvements.� How is it correct? A lot of money was / were spent on improvements?� Thank you in advance.� |
26 Apr 2010
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Lina Ladybird
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Money isn �t countable (only banknotes and coins are), so it �s singular!! Therefore, it has to be "was", definitely not "were".
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26 Apr 2010
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jedzed
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MONEY IS ALWAYS SINGULAR BECAUSE IT CAN �T BE COUNTED SO OPT FOR "WAS"
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26 Apr 2010
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mcolon
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Topolina ans jedzed are right! |
26 Apr 2010
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Timar Marika
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"was" was also my opinion but I saw somewhere with "were" and I got confused. Thank you so much for your answers.� |
26 Apr 2010
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manatucuman
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When a plural noun follows a lot of, number of, or majority of, we normally use a plural verb. Hope it helps! |
26 Apr 2010
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lovinglondon
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WAS, of course. Money is uncountable.
CU!
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26 Apr 2010
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chatina7
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It`s was, money is uncountable. You can count euros, pounds,pesos but the word money is un
countable.
I hope it helps. |
26 Apr 2010
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