relation/relations

Itasan · Post by **Itasan** » Sun Jun 26, 2005 11:45 pm

Do ‘relation’ (singular) and ‘relations’ (plural) both work in the following sentences?
1. Out of D.S. Chambers and Michael Baxandall and some Italian scholars Robinson measures up Pound's ideas about the right relation/relations between artist and patron against what we know of how patronage in fact worked in the ducal fiefs of Renaissance Italy.
2. The relation/relations between archbishop and prime minister became at times very uneasy.
3. Any relation/relations between members of the same sex which allowed their difference, did not assimilate both to one fantasy, would be heterosexual.
4. It leads either to problems about the relation/relations between God and the world (for example, to a denial that it is His creation) or….
Thank you.

fluffyhamster · Post by **fluffyhamster** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 4:45 am

Why don't you just consult the original sentences? Or are they all test item gap-fills or something (if so, that would seem quite a difficult test!).

Itasan · Post by **Itasan** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 5:14 am

The original sentences had them all in singular (relation). I just wanted to know if they could be 'relations' as well. Please understand that I'm not testing anyone else. I'm an NNES and I'm testing myself.
Thank you.