Children mean kids.
Children means kids.
Lollies mean sweets.
Lollies means sweets.
Should I use "mean" or "means" in cases like this?
English question, please help?
2012-08-17 12:45 pm
回答 (4)
2012-08-17 1:00 pm
✔ 最佳答案
"Means". You're talking about the word "children" or "lollies", which is a single thing. You aren't talking about the actual objects. Putting quotation marks around the words would make it clearer: "Children" means "kids".
2012-08-17 8:49 pm
Children means kids. = the word "children"
Lollies mean sweets. = the objects
Lollies mean sweets. = the objects
2012-08-17 12:51 pm
Means, i think. Mean sounds as if children is singular.
參考: Honors English 2 yrs
2012-08-17 3:02 pm
Strange but I think it's mean- both times. Strange that grammar check doesn't catch it. "That's what it means". That sentence makes sense to me, but not the other two. I think mean is already plural in your sentences without the "s". I COULD be so very wrong. Find an English teacher.
參考: Hmmm
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