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Yousraty

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Hello,

Can you please show me which one of these sentences is correct?

Do teachers' self-confidence / or does teachers' self-condfidence ...?

Do students' acdemic failure/ or does students' academic failure?
 

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You need to work out whether "self-confidence" and "academic failure" are singular or plural. That will give you the answer. The fact that "students" is plural is irrelevant.
 

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Thank you. I think self-confidence and academic failure are singular? aren't they?
 

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