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08 Mar 2015, 11:56
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Hoping the customers would not carelessly throw too many of them away, Bob's Java Hut recently began supplying metal tableware instead of plastic.
A)Hoping the customers would not carelessly throw too many of them away, Bob's Java Hut recently began supplying metal tableware instead of plastic
Incorrect. Them is referring to "metal tableware", which is singular.
B)Hoping the customers would not carelessly throw too many of it away, Bob's Java Hut recently began supplying metal tableware instead of plastic
Incorrect. many referring to a singular object "it".
C)Hoping the customers would not carelessly throw too much of them away, Bob's Java Hut recently began supplying metal tableware instead of plastic
Incorrect. Them is referring to "metal tableware", which is singular.
D)Hoping the customers would not carelessly throw too much of it away, Bob's Java Hut recently began supplying metal tableware instead of plastic
Correct.
E)Hoping the customers would not carelessly throw too much of it away, metal tableware has begun to be supplied recently instead of plastic at Bob's Java Hut
Incorrect. It's Bob's Java Hut that is hoping, not the metal tableware.
A)Hoping the customers would not carelessly throw too many of them away, Bob's Java Hut recently began supplying metal tableware instead of plastic
Incorrect. Them is referring to "metal tableware", which is singular.
B)Hoping the customers would not carelessly throw too many of it away, Bob's Java Hut recently began supplying metal tableware instead of plastic
Incorrect. many referring to a singular object "it".
C)Hoping the customers would not carelessly throw too much of them away, Bob's Java Hut recently began supplying metal tableware instead of plastic
Incorrect. Them is referring to "metal tableware", which is singular.
D)Hoping the customers would not carelessly throw too much of it away, Bob's Java Hut recently began supplying metal tableware instead of plastic
Correct.
E)Hoping the customers would not carelessly throw too much of it away, metal tableware has begun to be supplied recently instead of plastic at Bob's Java Hut
Incorrect. It's Bob's Java Hut that is hoping, not the metal tableware.
10 Jul 2015, 19:05
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The reason why (B) is wrong is because "many" refers to "it" and tableware is singular (plural for a singular noun).
But, is plastic tableware countable, and then why would "much" be used to refer to plastic tableware?
I believe that the distinction is in the context of use. Tableware is a general category, so saying "much" makes sense. If you're referring to something specific and concrete like spoons, use "many".
"There's too much furniture in the room." Furniture is a general thing that refers to entire category/group. It's also singular, so "there's" is correct over "there are".
"There are too many chairs in the room." Chair is specific here and broken up into countable pieces.
But, is plastic tableware countable, and then why would "much" be used to refer to plastic tableware?
I believe that the distinction is in the context of use. Tableware is a general category, so saying "much" makes sense. If you're referring to something specific and concrete like spoons, use "many".
"There's too much furniture in the room." Furniture is a general thing that refers to entire category/group. It's also singular, so "there's" is correct over "there are".
"There are too many chairs in the room." Chair is specific here and broken up into countable pieces.
29 Mar 2017, 09:57
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why is b wrong..... is tableware uncountable...
