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If one says three or four jokes that he or she has said in a passed act then the audience might fell like one did not get his or her moneys worth.

whats wrong with the sintince above?

2007-03-11 13:32:30 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture Languages

arnt you suposed to treat audience as one, becuse there is one crowed.

2007-03-11 13:46:45 · update #1

my bad i put crowded i meant to put crowd.

2007-03-11 13:47:37 · update #2

2 answers

It should be:

If one tells three or four jokes that he/she has told in a ast act, then the audience might feel like they did not get their money's worth.

** "Audience" can indeed be singular but can also be plural. It really depends on the context. If you said, for example, "The audience applauds loudly," it would be singular since the audience would be treated as a collective body. However, in the sentence you gave, it sounds better to use plural since each member of the audience pays individually. It is the same thing with the nouns "committee" and "jury", which can also be singular or plural depending on the context in which they are used. In Britain, by the way, such nouns are always plural, I believe.
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2007-03-11 13:40:16 · answer #1 · answered by YoMera 4 · 0 0

You should use tells instead of says (you tell jokes)
then, better he/she instead of he or she
past instead of passed
and finally
..... like they did not get their money's worth.

2007-03-11 21:07:45 · answer #2 · answered by Martha P 7 · 0 0

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