Hi Alexander!kölscheklüngel hat geschrieben:Hi tiorthan,
why did you write
a lot of vocabulary is explained at the end of the news.
and not:
a lot of vocabulary are explained at the end of the news.
I always thought if you have more than one vocabulary, you must say "are" and not "is"? Does that only go for German? Is it different in English?
Good night, Alexander
Just let me explain the problem:
1. If you talk about one vocabulary, you must use the verb form "is".
2. If you talk about more than one, you must use the verb form "are", but you must also use the plural form of the noun: "vocabularies"
My advice:
Don't use the word at all in this context. It's certainly not completely wrong, but it's almost a so-called "false friend". When you want a word for the German "Vokabel" use "word" in English. For example I would always prefer "I must learn my words" to "I must learn my vocabulary". It can of course be translated as "Vokabel", but I would prefer to use it as "Wortschatz".
Bye
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