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Chan-Seung Lee

Joined: 03 Dec 2005
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Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 7:37 am Post subject: all this class

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1.All this class is diligent.
2.All this class are diligent.

Which is correct and why?

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Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 8:56 am Post subject:

#1 is correct but I prefer to say 'All of this class is diligent'. All (of) this class means the whole class; it is singular. Some people will tell you that you should use are because "All" refers to All of the students in this class, but the way the sentence is written refers to the class as a whole.

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