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exist vs. exists #1 (permalink) Wed Sep 24, 2008 12:33 pm   exist vs. exists
 

Hello everyone

I'd like to ask a grammar question regarding the following sentence:

Our religious and cultural background poorly prepares us for
an objective assessment of the implications of these phenomena
regarding our place in the realms of all that exist and our
destinies both before birth and after death.

It's difficult for me to figure out why 'exist' and not 'exists' is used in the sentence.
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exist vs. exists #2 (permalink) Wed Sep 24, 2008 12:35 pm   exist vs. exists
 

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Evidently, the writer considers 'all' to be a pronomial for 'all things'.
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exist vs. exists #3 (permalink) Wed Sep 24, 2008 12:41 pm   exist vs. exists
 

Thank you very much, Mister Micawber.
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exist vs. exists #4 (permalink) Wed Oct 27, 2010 3:34 am   exist vs. exists
 

Please tell me, what I use in this blank space - "existed" or "inaugurated"
(a) Today, twenty two years after the bank _____ it has over a thousand branches all over the country and staff handle about three million borrowers.
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exist vs. exists #5 (permalink) Wed Oct 27, 2010 5:40 am   exist vs. exists
 

Well, neither word will fit into the blank without other changes. I would use 'was founded', myself.
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exist vs. exists #6 (permalink) Wed Oct 27, 2010 19:01 pm   exist vs. exists
 

Please explain me, what I use in this blank space - "existed" or "inaugurated"
(a) Today, twenty two years after the bank _____ it has over a thousand branches all over the country and staff handle about three million borrowers.
No, there are only these options. Please tell me between these two only.
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exist vs. exists #7 (permalink) Wed Oct 27, 2010 20:49 pm   exist vs. exists
 

was inaugurated.. however the 'was' is essential, regardless of what the options are.
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exist vs. exists #8 (permalink) Thu Oct 28, 2010 3:52 am   exist vs. exists
 

Please give answer only between "existed" or "inaugurated".
Explain why?
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exist vs. exists #9 (permalink) Thu Oct 28, 2010 4:04 am   exist vs. exists
 

Once more, Iasku: The original question is wrong. The sentence requires PASSIVE VOICE: was + past participle.

Beeesnees is willing to accept 'was inaugurated' for the bank start-up, while I think that the verb is completely wrong and should be 'was founded'.
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exist vs. exists #10 (permalink) Thu Oct 28, 2010 10:01 am   exist vs. exists
 

I was thinking along these lines:

To open or begin use of formally with a ceremony; dedicate: inaugurate a community center.
To open ceremonially; dedicate formally: to inaugurate a factory
(Farlex Free Dictionary)

To open ceremoniously or dedicate formally
(Onelook quick definition)

To introduce into public use by some formal ceremony: Airmail service between Washington, D.C., and new york City was inaugurated in 1918.
(Dictionary.com)

Mark the beginning or first public use of (an organization or project): the museum was inaugurated on September 12
(Google dictionary)

To celebrate the completion of, or the first public use of.
(Webster)
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exist vs. exists #11 (permalink) Thu Oct 28, 2010 10:29 am   exist vs. exists
 

I know. And I think the sentence just means:

To set up or establish on a firm basis or for enduring existence: to found a new publishing company.

(i.e. ceremony irrelevant)
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exist vs. exists #12 (permalink) Thu Oct 28, 2010 11:41 am   exist vs. exists
 

The law of averages says you are right, but I gave the benefit of the doubt.

Hm, maybe I'm mellowing in my old age. I'll have to do something about that!
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exist vs. exists #13 (permalink) Thu Oct 28, 2010 13:32 pm   exist vs. exists
 

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Hm, maybe I'm mellowing in my old age.

I don't think I'll put that to the test quite yet, though.
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