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missdaredevil



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 11:02 pm    Post subject: s Reply with quote
he established the school of an open *admissions* policy

why is there an s after admission?
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butane317



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PostPosted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 12:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
One admission would be one student being admitted, while multiple admissions are more than one student being admitted. So, it is a policy of multiple students being openly admitted. However the sentence would be written with "admission" instead and mean the same thing.
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Definitions of words I give are the definitions as I learned them and as I use them in everyday life. I am from the midwest area of America. People speaking English in other parts of the world, or even America, may use the words differently than I do.
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