Is "participation" singular or plural?

[alm4rr]

thx
or is it like
fish / deer
where it's all about context

 

[shortylickens]

Since its a verb I say neither one.

 

[Afrotech]

Originally posted by: shortylickens
Since its a verb I say neither one.

 

[alm4rr]

participate = verb

participation = noun


it's all moo [sic] as I reworded the sentence
thx

 

[allisolm]

It, in some zenlike way, just is.

my participation
your participation
our participation
their participation
the child's participation
the children's participation.

 

[alm4rr]

Originally posted by: allisolm
It, in some zenlike way, just is.

my participation
your participation
our participation
their participation
the child's participation
the children's participation.

I was wondering b/c of verb agreement
(plug in is / are in your sentences)
"is" sounds the best, but wondering about formal rule of agreement so was wondering about sing./pl.

But rewording the sentence did it

 

[ajpa123]

The plurality is that it's not a singularity.

 

[allisolm]

Originally posted by: alm4rr

Originally posted by: allisolm
It, in some zenlike way, just is.

my participation
your participation
our participation
their participation
the child's participation
the children's participation.

I was wondering b/c of verb agreement
(plug in is / are in your sentences)
"is" sounds the best, but wondering about formal rule of agreement so was wondering about sing./pl.

But rewording the sentence did it

okay.
my participation is
your participation is
our participation is
their participation is
the child's participation is
the children's participation is

 

[alm4rr]

yupyup