RE: Singular or Plural?

Subject: RE: Singular or Plural?
From: "Andrew Warren" <awarren -at- synaptics -dot- com>
To: "Darges, Katherine" <katherine -dot- darges -at- defensegp -dot- com>, <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 13:28:02 -0800

Darges, Katherine wrote:

> Could you please help me explain which of the following is correct and
> why?
>
> "The group provides high-level analyses and technical assistance..."
> [or]
> "The group provides high-level analysis and technical assistance..."

Katherine:

Neither sentence is grammatically incorrect. The second sentence, with
"analysis" used as a mass noun, is less jarring than the first.

-Andrew

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