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christina_nguyen
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 Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 11:09 pm Post subject: IS |
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"According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, methamphetamine use and abuse is associated with serious health condition including memory loss, ..."
Could you please explain why IS is used in this situation instead of ARE?
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Mister Micawber
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| Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 11:44 pm Post subject: |
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The writer is considering 'use-and-abuse' as a single concept, and that is his/her prerogative.
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christina_nguyen
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| Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 12:03 am Post subject: |
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| So will it be wrong to write "methamphetamine use and abuse are associated with serious health condition"?? |
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Mister Micawber
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Wrong? Not at all-- if the writer is considering use and abuse to be two concepts which s/he wishes to separate.
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