Plurals, possessive, and multiple nouns

Asked Dec 12 '16 at 05:43

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Are any of these two phrases appropriate, or are they both wrong?

tables two and three's information are more suited for

table two's and three's information is more suited for

edited Dec 29 '18 at 19:59

tchrist

asked Dec 12 '16 at 05:43

bob

Since information is singular, you can't say "information are ..." It's this mismatch of singular and plural which makes the first phrase sound incredibly awkward. Even with the verb fixed to is, it sounds much worse that "units two and three's vehicles are ..." – Peter Shor Dec 12 '16 at 13:46

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