Singular/plural
Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2013 5:03 am
1. How many of you want to be a doctor?
2. How many of you want to be doctors?
My teacher said
...needn't 'a doctor' be 'doctors' since a sense of plurality is expressed by 'How many'?
As far as I know, a doctor/doctors are complement in the sentence. Should they be compatible
with the subject of the sentence? Are both of the sentences correct?
Thanks..
2. How many of you want to be doctors?
My teacher said
...needn't 'a doctor' be 'doctors' since a sense of plurality is expressed by 'How many'?
As far as I know, a doctor/doctors are complement in the sentence. Should they be compatible
with the subject of the sentence? Are both of the sentences correct?
Thanks..