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13 Feb 2023, 10:10
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In (B), "a public resource" is in fact a singular noun. But "the courts" is a plural noun, and that's why we have a plural verb ("are") in the "which" clause, as mentioned in this post.
There's no reason you can't "equate" (or describe) a singular noun with a plural one. For example:
- "The town's dilapidated bridges and highways ARE a big problem, which IS only going to get worse."
The main subject is plural ("bridges and highways"), but that plural subject is described as "a problem". And since "a problem" is singular, we need to use a singular verb with the noun modifier ("which IS ...").
I hope that helps!
23 Feb 2023, 11:20
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We attempted to address the singular vs. plural issue in this post. In short, there's no reason why you can't describe the courts directly with a noun modifier: "courts in theory ARE available to all but in fact ARE unequally distributed between rich and poor." This is fine, so turning this into a noun modifier ("which in theory...") is also fine.
Also, notice that (D) wouldn't make much sense without "the courts":
- "Judge Lois Forer’s study asks why some litigants have a preferred status to another in the use of a public resource, in theory available to all but in fact not equally distributed between rich and poor."
What public resource? And how are we supposed to imagine the "distribution" of this public resource without knowing what it is?
We need "the courts" to understand the meaning: "the courts" tells us what "public resource" we're talking about, and the "which" clause gives us more information about the courts. So (B) is perfectly fine.
In (D), notice that "another" seems to refer to a singular noun in (D), suggesting the following interpretation:
- "Judge Lois Forer’s study asks why some litigants have a preferred status to another status in the use of a public resource..."
This seems to compare the status of some litigants to the status of some other status, and that doesn't make any sense.
(D) doesn't work, so (B) is our winner.
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