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woods is plural or singular #1 (permalink) Sun Feb 24, 2008 12:59 pm   woods is plural or singular
 

Hi,

If I say, that 'I went for a walk in the woods. ' In the next sentence how should I refer back with 'it' or with 'they'.

So:

I went for a walk in the woods. It was nice.
OR
I went for a walk in the woods. They were nice.

The second sound quite strange, but 'woods' is a plural from, isn't it?

Thanks for your answer.
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woods is plural or singular #2 (permalink) Sun Feb 24, 2008 13:09 pm   woods is plural or singular
 

Hi,

Logically 'woods' should attract a plural as in: We went for a walk in the woods last week. They are situated to the south of the city.

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woods is plural or singular #3 (permalink) Sun Feb 24, 2008 14:13 pm   woods is plural or singular
 

"I went for a walk in the woods. It was nice."

In the sentences above, the word 'it' would be interpreted as a reference to 'a walk in the woods'.
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