1. What is their current address and phone number?
2. What are their current address and phone number?
Again, which form is the proper one, and why? Would 'current address and phone number' be construed as singular, or plural?
2007-08-29 04:32:05 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
As far as I understood, "they" are living in the same place.
In this case, BOTH sentences are GRAMMATICALLY correct...
**** Go get a grammar book you people ****
2007-08-29 04:41:27 · answer #1 · answered by Christos :) 2 · 1⤊ 3⤋
The first one is correct because it is understood that they live at the same address and because current address and phone number are viewed as singular. In order for the second one to be correct it would have to be: What are their current addresses and phone numbers?
2007-08-29 12:17:08 · answer #2 · answered by ♥ Cari ♥ 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The first one is grammatically correct... current address and phone number are singular but they belong to more than one person..
2007-08-29 11:37:29 · answer #3 · answered by Tesorito 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Unless "they" are all living together at one address and one phone number, neither is correct. If they are then 1 would be correct.
If you are referring to only 1 person, then neither is correct since it should be:
What is his/her current address and phone number?
If "they" are more than one at more than one current address then it would be:
What are their current addresses and phone numbers?
2007-08-29 11:38:23 · answer #4 · answered by jurydoc 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Both are actually wrong. If you are referring to more than one person as in "their" then it would be #2 with "addresses" and "numbers" (pluraled). If you are referring to one person, then, you should be asking what is "his" or "her" in #1.
2007-08-29 11:40:15 · answer #5 · answered by Sunshine 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋