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Researches was common as a plural noun in 19th-century British English scientific and academic writing: eg. Michael Faraday's book: Experimental Researches in Electricity, published in 1839. Biblical Researches in Palestine and the Adjacent Regions by Edward Robinson and Eli Smith. The word is frequently used in the text:
This is supported by the Google Ngram for researches,advices,guidances. It can be seen that (a) in BE, and more markedly in AE, researches has declined year on year from the 1850s, (b) advices [1], and guidances, which are very strongly uncountable, and which should not be seen in the plural, sometimes are.
The problem with this is that research and writing are not countable nouns. They do not take "a." If you want to use the verb "do," which as mentioned earlier may not be the best choice, it is "do research," never "do a research;" "do writing," never "do a writing."
Hello, Is there any difference between on or about in the sentence: It is important to state that the current amount of researches available to academic and general public on thermal effects on electrical switches is not as wide as on the universe of applications of those switches. And It is...
Research is in a prepositional phrase. The verb agrees with the subject, which is "Most" Most is plural. Have.
Which kind of differences there can be in the usage of "much" and "many"? I've learned that "much" is for the stuff you can't count, such as water, and "many" for the stuff you can count like... book. But I am confused by this sentence : Others believe that the trouble lies in the teaching...
1962, Russian Journal of Physical Chemistry. p.999 ... they have led to a number of researches both in the Soviet Union and abroad. re·search; noun careful, systematic, patient study and investigation in some field of knowledge, undertaken to discover or establish facts or principles ; to do research; make researches; transitive verb
Research has shown. "Research" is a singular noun although it may encompass many different data.
Dear all! Doing research about a topic doesn't sound well to me, I would rather use the preposition "on" but I'm not sure.
(1777) II. 9 These researches may appear painful and fatiguing. 1799 J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Perth 290 Our most profound researches are frequently nothing better than guessing at the causes of the phenomena. 1822 M. Faraday Let. in P. Day Philosopher's Tree (1999) vi. 96 Your refined researches on electro-magnetism or electrodynamics.