garimavyas wrote:
my question still is .. why not B , where a and an are not used at all
This April, three out of seven people will file
tax returns with a disk found in software stores and accounting texts.A. tax returns with a disk found in software stores and accounting texts
B. a tax return with a disk found in software stores and accounting texts
C. tax returns with disks found in a software store and an accounting text
D. tax returns with a disk found in a software store and an accounting text
E. a tax return with a disk found in a software store and an accounting text
Le us read B -
This April, three out of seven people will file a tax return (with a disk found in (software stores and accounting texts ))
(with a disk (found in software stores and accounting texts )) modifies the 1st part
(
found in software stores and accounting texts ) modifies
a diskYou are modifying a singular - desk by plural modifier - software stores / accounting texts
Does it make sense ?
To make things easy - Let us put an example
This November, three out of seven people will subscribe a finance book with a DVD found in libraries and bookstores.
OR
This November, three out of seven people will subscribe a finance book with a DVD found in a library and a bookstore.
Hope this makes sense to you Garima.