Hi,
I'm not a native English speaker.
I have a little problem with a sentence in my English exam.
Does this sentence sound OK?
"Both of them give a support to Rosa Parks' behavior."
I think "support" is uncountable noun so we don't need 'a' .
How about "Both of them support Rosa Parkss behavior"?
Help me out, please.
Many thanks !!
2006-07-12 13:04:34 · 4 answers · asked by joannakm 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Assuming "them" represents some quantity you've described in a prior sentence, "Both of them support Rosa Parks' behavior" may be the best formulation. English has a few variants of that phrasing (both support, both lend support), but your intuition is right--"support" is uncountable for the sake of the syntax.
2006-07-12 13:10:04 · answer #1 · answered by Dr. Atrocity 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You are correct, either
"Both of them give support to Rosa Parks' behavior." or
"Both of them support Rosa Parkss behavior" is correct
2006-07-12 20:10:59 · answer #2 · answered by a_khaze 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"They both support the behaviour of Rosa Parks" is smoother than either
2006-07-12 22:46:11 · answer #3 · answered by XT rider 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2nd lose the s on parks! keep the abreviation and, the correct english would be behaviour... you are using the aus/u.s. spelling!
2006-07-12 20:11:08 · answer #4 · answered by AZRAEL è 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋