multitude [there is/are a multitude] - WordReference Forums
2006年3月29日 · Hi Jullowyn, I'll offer a personal view, and then a few professional thoughts about this vexing topic. For me, the subconscious choice of a singular or plural verb to accompany 'multitude' depends solely on whether I want to emphasize the multitude, as a discrete, separate entity, or if it sounds like--in my inner brain--an adjective meaning 'a large number of' and I …
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2017年5月8日 · Istinctively I would go with the first one since "multitude" is the subject, yet "a multitude of versions has been written, sung and recorded" sounds awfully to me. I looked it up on google and I found confusing answers, like this Business Writing: A Number, a Multitude, a Host . . . Are and this multitude [there is/are a multitude]
crowd vs multitude - WordReference Forums
Jul 1, 2007. #2. Multitude is rarely used in common english. They can be used synonymously. Crowd usually refers to a specific group, whereas multitude can be used in a more abstract sense. Edit: There are other ways that these words can be used. For example, "crowd" can refer to group of people that share a common attribute, a group of friends ...
in a <multitude><multiple> of ways | WordReference Forums
2023年5月1日 · Yes, but the meaning changes: Multitude = large number. A thousand, five thousand, ten thousand... Multiple = any numbers in different combinations. 1x3, 2x7x19, 21x48... Also, we are more likely to use "multiple" as an adjective meaning many: human beings differ from one another physically in multiple visible and invisible ways.
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2013年10月2日 · ¿Alguien me podría decir de qué otra manera puedo dejar el término Virtual Multitude en el siguiente contexto': She was not only playing hostess to a virtual multitude, she was trying to figure out how to keep them fed. Mi intento es el siguiente: Ella no solo tenía que jugar el papel de...
The multitude of definitions confirm/confirms?
2012年9月7日 · UK/Česká republika. English - the King's. Sep 7, 2012. #3. Both are acceptable. I think "confirm" sounds more natural. The strictly grammatically correct "confirms" is more formal, and would be better in, say, an academic paper. If you think formality is more important in your context, use the singular verb "confirms". E.
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China. Mandarin Chinese. Sep 5, 2023. #1. Hello everyone, I'm working with a poetic passage and am debating between two variations of a sentence. Here's the full passage for context: Great is the multitude of the land, but scanty is its treasure; hard is the folk's toil and moil, yet meager is their gain. Thus do/does strife arise and anarchy ...
How to write full names containing: Second, Third (II, III)
2009年8月13日 · London. English - South-East England. Aug 14, 2009. #7. I'm not an AE speaker, so I too never use those styles - but even in AE writing I've never seen II or III written out in full for commoners' names like John Smith II. With monarchs, use a capital: James the Second.
certidumbre, muchedumbre, ..."dumbre"? - WordReference Forums
2006年10月31日 · Nov 1, 2006. #13. fool4jesus said: La forma declinada en el Látin sería (por certidumbre) "certitudinem". Y me imagino que todas estas palabras son femeninas por la misma razón (el sustantivo latino). Por lo visto hay una diferencia entre "dumbre" y "tudinem". Pero me imagino que eso sólo tiene que ver con mi ignorantedumbre.
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2006年10月9日 · New Zealand English. Dec 13, 2012. #7. "Cajetín" has a multitude of possible meanings in technical contexts and is therefore an unsatisfactory technical term. In the context of electrical engineering, for example, it could mean a junction or pull box (physical components) or the bill of materials (BoM) box on the corresponding technical drawing.