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[sejpdw]

In the last line, which is right, accounts or account?
If two of them is possible, is there any difference?

" For example, take the case of two neighboring banks. One was highly compterized and served a customer every 30 seconds. The other bank was less automated and took twice as long. But becasue the tellers at the second bank looked very busy, customers believed the service was faster and many moved their accoounts/account to the slower bank."

[CP]

The customers moved their accounts to the other bank. Each customer has one or more accounts. They collectively have more than one, so you want the plural, accounts.
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