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 Engineer2

link 15.04.2009 11:30 
Subject: The Regulations is or are?
Здравствуйте,

подскажите как правильно указать в тексте Правил компании во множественном как The Regulations are obligatory for... или же The Regulations is obligatory for...

документ с пунктами и подпунктами, Внутренние правила.

 Transl

link 15.04.2009 11:38 
Regulations - are

оценка - 2 (два)

 Валькирия

link 15.04.2009 11:44 
а почему возник вариант с "is"? 0_0

 D-50

link 15.04.2009 11:46 
какие правила? контекст. Может это Code of Conduct?

 Engineer2

link 15.04.2009 11:47 
встретился перевод, в котором было написано The regulations is obligatory for...поэтому и спросила ))

Спасибо

 Engineer2

link 15.04.2009 11:49 
нет в заголовке идет именно REGULATIONS

по тексту The Regulations is obligatory for all company employees,

ну и далее This Regulations, вместо these...

 10-4

link 15.04.2009 12:02 
Certain nouns and pronouns called collectives may take either plural or singular verbs as predicates, depending on the meaning being conveyed. If the noun or pronoun is viewed collectively as a unit or expresses an amount or measure, its verb is singular; if viewed as separate items, the verb should be plural.
Examples (correct)
About 3000 tons of oil was produced. (A quantity weighting, in all, about 3000 tons).
At this place, 10 meters of sandstone is exposed. (A single exposure).
Twenty-two grams of sample was dissolved in 20 ml of acid. (A single measurement)
Four-fifths of the country is satisfied with its health insurance. (One part of a whole)
Before 1940, less than 10% of production was from opencast mines (Again one part of a whole)
Twenty thousand US dollars is less than the real cost is (A single sum of money)
The United States protects its natural resources. (One country)
Three samples were placed on the table. (Three individual samples).

A singular verb is common in English with a double subject if it is felt to form a whole:
Checking and stamping the forms is the job of the customs authorities.

 10-4

link 15.04.2009 12:15 
В вашем случае Regulations -- это документ (один)

 Engineer2

link 15.04.2009 12:26 
понятно

спасибо.

 Валькирия

link 15.04.2009 12:55 
Спасибо, 10-4.
Я не знала такого правила.

 

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