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Personal relationship _____over years may ba lost when we move houses.空格处为什么填built up,而不是is built up
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jinlin
707天前
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专家的回答：
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The sentence, as it is, is nonsense because it is missing several words or they are mis-spelled. It should be "Relationships built up over the/several years, may be lost when you move/one moves house."
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Roger
706天前
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Generally speaking, ' relationship' here should be in either singular form or plural form, that's " relationship(s)'.See my quotated examples from OXFORD DICTIONARY ONLINE.
Why 'built up' is chosen instead of 'is built up'? Here the sentence demands a pp phrase过去分词短语, so we should choose 'built up'.
We can use 'are built up ' but we should add 'which', then it becomes the following :
Personal relationships (which)--( are built up_)over (the) years may be lost when we move houses.
Personal relationship (which)--( is built up_)over (the) years may be lost when we move houses.
Mr. Roger's comments come to the point.I fully agree with him in the other aspects.
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re-la-tion-ship /rlenp/ noun OXFORD DICTIONARY
1 [C] ~ (between A and B)| ~ (with sb) the way in which two people, groups or countries behave towards each other or deal with each other: The relationship between the police and the local community has improved. She has a very close relationship with her sister. I have established a good working relationship with my boss. a master-servant relationship—see also love-hate relationship
2 [C] ~ (between A and B)| ~ (with sb) a loving and/or sexual friendship between two people: Their affair did not develop into a lasting relationship. She’s had a series of miserable relationships. Are you in a relationship? Money problems have put a strain on their relationship.
3 [C, U] ~ (between A and B)| ~ (to sth) the way in which two or more things are connected: the relationship between mental and physical health This comment bore no relationship to the subject of our conversation. People alter their voices in relationship to background noise. an inverse relationship
4 [C, U] ~ (between A and B) the way in which a person is related to sb else in a family: a father-son relationship I’m not sure of the exact relationship between them—I think they’re cousins.
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re‧la‧tion‧ship S1 W1
1 [countable] the way in which two people or two groups feel about each other and behave towards each other
relationship with
I have quite a good relationship with my parents.
She has a close relationship with her daughter.
relationship between
the special relationship between Britain and the US
personal/family/social etc relationships
a study of doctor-patient relationships
They've established a better working relationship.
I had a sort of love-hate relationship with my brother (=we loved and hated each other at the same time).
2 [uncountable and countable] the way in which two or more things are connected and affect each other
relationship between
the relationship between poor housing and health problems
relationship to
He's studying politics and its relationship to the media.
The lessons bear little relationship (=they are not connected) to the children's actual needs.
3 [countable] a situation in which two people spend time together or live together, and have romantic or sexual feelings for each other:
He's never had a sexual relationship before.
relationship with
She doesn't really want a relationship with me.
in a relationship
Are you in a relationship right now?
4 [uncountable] the way in which you are related to someone in your family
relationship to
'What's your relationship to Sue?' 'She's my cousin.'//LONGMAN DICTIONARY ONLINE
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The choice of a plural form or a singular form depends on the speaker's tendency or habit .Maybe American like Mr. Roger like using a plural form.
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luozulin01
700天前
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