Friday, August 6, 2010

She has spent most of her life helping the poors [Wrong]

GRAMMAR INCORRECT TO CORRECT
Incorrect: She has spent most of her life helping the poors.
Correct: She has spent most of her life helping the poor.

Grammar: Instead of saying 'poor people' we often say 'the poor', using the adjective as a noun. Adjectives used as nouns (and -ed forms used as nouns) do not take a plural ending: 'He is collecting money for the blind.' 'The injured have been taken to hospital.' 

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