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by tomada » Thu Mar 18, 2010 12:16 pm
mohit11 wrote:
Anial wrote:Spacecraft is a collective noun
+ its countable 1 spacecraft 2 spacecraft....

If it had been "a spacecraft" it would have been ventures
How is Spacecraft a collective noun? is an Aeroplane a collective noun?

I ruled A out because of Subject verb agreement.
If you ruled A out because of S-V agreement, you would have had to rule out the other four choices as well, since no choice contains the word "ventures".
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by harshavardhanc » Fri Mar 19, 2010 5:41 am
tomada wrote:
mohit11 wrote:
Anial wrote:Spacecraft is a collective noun
+ its countable 1 spacecraft 2 spacecraft....

If it had been "a spacecraft" it would have been ventures
How is Spacecraft a collective noun? is an Aeroplane a collective noun?

I ruled A out because of Subject verb agreement.
If you ruled A out because of S-V agreement, you would have had to rule out the other four choices as well, since no choice contains the word "ventures".
but a singular subject with will venture is fine ...right? there are options that contain this construction.
Regards,
Harsha
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