====== Number Agreement (семантика числа) ======

A psychologist and a sociologist from Liverpool University in England decided to undertake a research into possible adverse effects of an assembly line on //the sexual **lives** of the workers// at the nearby Ford automobile plant. 

A psychologist and a sociologist from Liverpool University in England decided to undertake a research into possible adverse effects of an assembly line on //the sexual **life** of the workers// at the nearby Ford automobile plant. 

<color brown>**Вопросы**:</color>

There //were loud scratches// of chairs.\\
There //was a loud scratch// of chairs.\\
There //were loud noises// of scratching chairs.\\
There //was a loud noise// of scratching chairs.

<color brown>**Вопрос**:</color>

Как меняется смысл высказываний при изменении числа существительных life/lives, noise/noises, scratch/scratches? 

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