Lucas [V.D.]
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- Joined
- Mar 12, 2020
- Member Type
- Interested in Language
- Native Language
- Italian
- Home Country
- Italy
- Current Location
- UK
Hi all
May I ask you to have a look at the below sentence:
They have advised that we should always start counting the timeframe from the EDD of the order and disregard any scans, as the latter just acknowledge that the data/info for the parcel has been transmitted to the carrier and do not imply a transit/geographical movement.
'The latter' here refers to scans, a plural noun. Hence, any verbs would have to be conjugated according to the plural form, no? I was pretty sure but now I'm a bit confused, as a well-known software (a grammar & spelling checker) flagged this a wrong and conjugated the verbs to the singular form.
Any insights would be really appreciated
Many thanks,
Luca
May I ask you to have a look at the below sentence:
They have advised that we should always start counting the timeframe from the EDD of the order and disregard any scans, as the latter just acknowledge that the data/info for the parcel has been transmitted to the carrier and do not imply a transit/geographical movement.
'The latter' here refers to scans, a plural noun. Hence, any verbs would have to be conjugated according to the plural form, no? I was pretty sure but now I'm a bit confused, as a well-known software (a grammar & spelling checker) flagged this a wrong and conjugated the verbs to the singular form.
Any insights would be really appreciated
Many thanks,
Luca