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What is the plural of "ascertainment"?
What is the plural of "ascertainment"? Do you add an "s" at the end? Do you add nothing? Is it even countable? Can you have two ascertainment(s)? I looked in the Oxford English Dictionary and it wasn't much help.
The reason I ask is that Word keeps telling me "ascertainments" is a GRAMMAR error (and yes, the verb agrees with the subject). I can't figure out why.
4 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
add an s?
whats the sentence?
- tristan-adamsLv 41 decade ago
I am sorry, but the "ment" part of the word makes this verb a false noun. It can be used with an 's' on the end in this case. EXAMPLE: The ascertainments of quality products and cheap workforce in the past has allowed DELL computers to stay competitive in today's computer market.
A rule of thumb here would be to use 'ascertain', which is a flexible verb unless you are trying to impress people with "50 cent words".
Source(s): I do not know DELL's business philosophy, so please do not take the above sentence to be a correct statement about DELL. - Anonymous1 decade ago
ascertainings
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Look in the dictionary.
