Saturday, August 3, 2019

word usage - separate students according to their academic performance(s), singular or plural?



"Separate students according to their academic performance(s)."



(For example, their test results.) Should I use singular or plural in this phrase?



I did some research, but the example here is quite different than mine.



Answer



Performance should be used in your original sentence. Performances would be for things such as performing in a play or something like that.


Performance, in this case, is a group noun like "clothing". It would apply to the whole of their academic performance.


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