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sind for singular
I read this text and dont know why in here use sind for singular subject i know 300g bis 600g is plural but when we use verb at first we need to look at subject and here subject is singular not plural:...
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For singular nouns which refer to groups of people, should the corresponding verbs and pronouns in a following sentence be singular or plural?
In my current translation project I have a few lines where I would use a singular noun to refer to a group of people. For example,
But be careful around the Fair Folk. They can be fickle, and you do ...
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Why is "Null" Plural?
You would say
Es sind null Grad.
which is Plural.
Why can't you say
"Es ist null Grad."
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10s or 100s in German
I need to translate the following text:
10s of Watt - tens of Watt
1000s of Watt - thousands of Watt
How can I translate it?
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How to use articles with multiple nouns
For example:
Case 1:
treat "a dog" and "a cat" as two single object
Der Hund und die Katze sind nicht zu Hause.
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Treat "a dog und a cat" as a combined plural object
Die Hund und Katze sind ...
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Plural of Batch
The word batch has found its way into German production halls as the "cool" form of Charge. For a technical document I need the German plural of the word Batch. I would personally go for Batche, but ...
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