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Thread: Is it Match or Matches?

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    Default Is it Match or Matches?

    Hi,

    Do you say:

    Their voices match well together or matches well together


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    Default Re: Is it Match or Matches?

    Is "voices" singular or plural?
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    Default Re: Is it Match or Matches?

    Quote Originally Posted by SoothingDave View Post
    Is "voices" singular or plural?
    It's referring to two people

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    Default Re: Is it Match or Matches?

    Quote Originally Posted by TheShadow View Post
    It's referring to two people
    I think Dave was trying to get you to realise that, since 'voices' is plural, you'd use the form of the verb that a plural subject usually takes.
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    Default Re: Is it Match or Matches?

    So - is the word "voices" singular or plural?

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    Default Re: Is it Match or Matches?

    plural

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    Default Re: Is it Match or Matches?

    Quote Originally Posted by TheShadow View Post
    plural
    So, in your opinion is it "match" or "matches"?
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    Default Re: Is it Match or Matches?

    Matches?

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    Default Re: Is it Match or Matches?

    Quote Originally Posted by TheShadow View Post
    Matches?
    Really? You know "voices" is plural, therefore it would equate to "they". So you believe that the third person plural form of a verb ends "s" or "es"? Please conjugate the verb "to match" for us here.
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    Default Re: Is it Match or Matches?

    'matches' is the form that would follow a third person singular noun or pronoun subject, for example, he, she, it, his voice.
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    Your thread title should include all or part of the word/phrase being discussed.
    If you just want to know the meaning of a word, try OneLook Dictionary Search first.


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