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These or this homework?
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beefeater
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These or this homework?
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A basic doubt that I have right now:
Is it these or this homework?
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28 Nov 2011
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manonski (f)
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Homework is singular, go with this.
"These" is for plural
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28 Nov 2011
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beefeater
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Just as I thought, I wanted to be sure!
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28 Nov 2011
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Minka
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But if a teacher marks what they get from the students, they might also say "mark the homeworks" as they come from different sources, right?
At least that �s what an English teacher from England has told me... |
28 Nov 2011
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manonski (f)
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Minka, the example given is singular, not plural.
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28 Nov 2011
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MoodyMoody
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I always use "homework" as a non-count noun, so it would always take the singular for me. I �d use "assignments" or "lessons" as count equivalents. It might be different in British English, however. |
29 Nov 2011
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douglas
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Personally, I would never use homework in a plural form--in my mind it �s uncountable. |
29 Nov 2011
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