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I am writing to inquire the correctness of the following sentence:



both work rely on this technique


Or 



both work relies on this technique.


While the first one seems more grammarly correct, I do see some usages of the second case. Could any shed some lights on this? Thanks.






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    I am writing to inquire the correctness of the following sentence:



    both work rely on this technique


    Or 



    both work relies on this technique.


    While the first one seems more grammarly correct, I do see some usages of the second case. Could any shed some lights on this? Thanks.






    verbs uncountable-nouns countable-nouns







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      I am writing to inquire the correctness of the following sentence:



      both work rely on this technique


      Or 



      both work relies on this technique.


      While the first one seems more grammarly correct, I do see some usages of the second case. Could any shed some lights on this? Thanks.






      verbs uncountable-nouns countable-nouns







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      I am writing to inquire the correctness of the following sentence:



      both work rely on this technique


      Or 



      both work relies on this technique.


      While the first one seems more grammarly correct, I do see some usages of the second case. Could any shed some lights on this? Thanks.






      verbs uncountable-nouns countable-nouns




      verbs uncountable-nouns countable-nouns






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          It appears to be a simple mistake. Both takes a plural NP, and rely is a plural verb.



          I assume it is meant to be Both works rely on this technique.



          (At first I couldn't make any sense of it at all, because "work" is usually uncountable. But once I realised that this must be art (or literature, or music) criticism, it makes sense).






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          It appears to be a simple mistake. Both takes a plural NP, and rely is a plural verb.



          I assume it is meant to be Both works rely on this technique.



          (At first I couldn't make any sense of it at all, because "work" is usually uncountable. But once I realised that this must be art (or literature, or music) criticism, it makes sense).






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          It appears to be a simple mistake. Both takes a plural NP, and rely is a plural verb.



          I assume it is meant to be Both works rely on this technique.



          (At first I couldn't make any sense of it at all, because "work" is usually uncountable. But once I realised that this must be art (or literature, or music) criticism, it makes sense).






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          • You are right. Thank you a lot!
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          It appears to be a simple mistake. Both takes a plural NP, and rely is a plural verb.



          I assume it is meant to be Both works rely on this technique.



          (At first I couldn't make any sense of it at all, because "work" is usually uncountable. But once I realised that this must be art (or literature, or music) criticism, it makes sense).






          share|improve this answer












          It appears to be a simple mistake. Both takes a plural NP, and rely is a plural verb.



          I assume it is meant to be Both works rely on this technique.



          (At first I couldn't make any sense of it at all, because "work" is usually uncountable. But once I realised that this must be art (or literature, or music) criticism, it makes sense).







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