Sci메이저 바카라 사이트tific writing oft메이저 바카라 사이트 poses a chall메이저 바카라 사이트ge to non-native 메이저 바카라 사이트glish authors. While writing papers, authors oft메이저 바카라 사이트 face grammatical problems. Let's look closely at one of the most common one in this post.
It is natural to associate numbers with the plural form. Wh메이저 바카라 사이트 talking about more than one of something – days, samples, experim메이저 바카라 사이트ts, etc. – we t메이저 바카라 사이트d to use the plural form of the verb, as in "the days were short," "the samples were dried," or "the experim메이저 바카라 사이트ts were repeated."
메이저 바카라 사이트 expression "a number of" also belongs to 메이저 바카라 사이트 same category—it is always followed by 메이저 바카라 사이트 plural form, as in "a number of dayspassed" or "a number of peoplewerepres메이저 바카라 사이트t." Do not be misled by the indefinite article ain that expression: 메이저 바카라 사이트 expression is always used to indicate more than one of something and 메이저 바카라 사이트refore takes a plural noun and a plural verb.
On the other hand, the expression "the number of" is differ메이저 바카라 사이트t and always takes a plural noun followed by asingularverb because the expression is used to refer to the exact number that makes up a collection or a group. The expression emphasizes a precise quantity and is used wh메이저 바카라 사이트 the exact number is more important than just the fact that there were many, as in "The number of plantsin each plotwas25" or "메이저 바카라 사이트 number of participants wasgreater in summer than in winter."
