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Plural - equipment
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NaiaCrespo
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Plural - equipment
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Hello, all!
My student asked me today about the word "equipment". He told he �d seen somewhere that this word does not go to plural, but I �m sure I �ve seen "equipments" in a lot of places.
Do you know any explanation about that? Maybe an exception...
Thanks a lot, guys! |
4 Jul 2010
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el_profe55
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hello!!!
a complicated word !!!!
The noun "equipment" is called a collective noun. Collective nouns are
nouns that refer to a group of people, animal, plants or things but are
plural in form. Both a singular verb and a plural verb can be used after
a collective noun. A singular verb is chosen if the user thinks of the
group as a single unit and a plural verb if the user thinks of the group
as a number of individuals.
More often "equipment" is used as a single unit, so a singular verb is
used.
correct: the following equipment is, was, isn �t, wasn �t
incorrect: the following equipment are, aren �t, don �t,
so, equipment is a singular word!!!
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4 Jul 2010
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el_profe55
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absolutely yes, a mistake made by non-native speakers
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4 Jul 2010
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