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dalehileman
 
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Reply Sat 15 Aug, 2015 11:06 am
@WBYeats,
WB I sorta disagree with Tes. Choice depends upon whether or not and how you consider these results as a unit
Tes yeux noirs
 
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Reply Sat 15 Aug, 2015 11:33 am
@dalehileman,
Quote:
WB I sorta disagree with Tes.

What do you disagree with?
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WBYeats
 
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Reply Sat 15 Aug, 2015 01:14 pm
@dalehileman,
Um...do you mean in American English, 'that' could be used in the situation I mentioned in the first post?

-Results of the XYZ exam of our school compared to that of all schools can be found online.
dalehileman
 
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Reply Sat 15 Aug, 2015 01:27 pm
@WBYeats,
Quote:
...do you mean.... 'that' could be used...
Si WB
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Tes yeux noirs
 
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Reply Sat 15 Aug, 2015 02:02 pm
Nope.

Original question:
Results (plural) of Okinawa School students (plural) compared to those (plural) of Japanese Candidates (plural) in the AL exam have (plural) been released.

Modified question:
Results (plural) of the XYZ exam of our school compared to those (plural) of all schools (plural) can be found online.

You wouldn't say "The hats of all the boys were bigger than that of all the girls", at least I hope you wouldn't.



McTag
 
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Reply Sat 15 Aug, 2015 02:27 pm
@WBYeats,

Yes, sorry.
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dalehileman
 
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Reply Sat 15 Aug, 2015 04:53 pm
@Tes yeux noirs,
Quote:
You wouldn't say "The hats of all the boys were bigger than that of all the girls".......
No Tes but results we'd think of as being combined by some means into a unit, then compared to another unit calculated by the same means
Tes yeux noirs
 
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Reply Sun 16 Aug, 2015 12:35 am
@dalehileman,
Quote:
but results we'd think of as being combined by some means into a unit,

Then the sentence would say so, but it doesn't.
WBYeats
 
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Reply Sun 16 Aug, 2015 03:32 am
Good answer. Thank you.
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dalehileman
 
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Reply Sun 16 Aug, 2015 09:33 am
@Tes yeux noirs,
Quote:
Then the sentence would say so
Tes it's implied

Help, somebody
Tes yeux noirs
 
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Reply Sun 16 Aug, 2015 09:59 am
@dalehileman,
Quote:
it's implied

Results (plural) of Okinawa School students (plural) compared to that (singular) of Japanese Candidates (plural) in the AL exam have (plural) been released.

The 'implications' are all the other way. The singular 'that' sticks out like a sore thumb.

Maybe you were thinking of something like this:

The average result of Okinawa school students compared to that of Japanese candidates has been released.




WBYeats
 
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Reply Sun 16 Aug, 2015 11:27 am
@Tes yeux noirs,
Oh no, here I am confused again:

When do we use average result/results?
Tes yeux noirs
 
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Reply Sun 16 Aug, 2015 11:57 am
@WBYeats,
Quote:
When do we use average result/results?

When discussing an average result.
dalehileman
 
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Reply Sun 16 Aug, 2015 01:08 pm
@Tes yeux noirs,
Quote:
The average result....
Quote:
Yea Tes, probly better
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WBYeats
 
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Reply Mon 17 Aug, 2015 12:34 am
@Tes yeux noirs,
No no, I mean, what's the difference between the singular and plural?
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