I would like to ask a question on English grammar. In the following sentence,
Contract addresses need to be changed, when customers want to use A NEW ADDRESS // NEW ADDRESSES for their contracts.
I am not sure which one "A NEW ADDRESS or NEW ADDRESSES" should be used. The fact is that a contract can have only ONE address. So should I use
A NEW ADDRESS
or
NEW ADDRESSES.
and Why ??????
For me, I would say "A NEW ADDRESS" sounds more natural.
Many thanks
Answers:
First of all, that comma doesn't belong in that sentence.
That being said, everything else is plural--the first "addresses", "customers", "contracts"--so it should be "new addresses" to agree in number with the rest of the sentence. The singular form "new address" makes it sound as if all the customers share a single address, which is pretty unlikely.
Firstly, are you sure you mean contract address and not contact address?
Secondly, if only one address an be used for a contract, then use the singular.
Thirdly, your sentence sounds quite awkward.
Perhaps you could try rewording it to simplify things;
When customers wish to use a new address, the contract address need to be changed,.
A NEW ADDRESS is the right one
never heard of 'new addresses'
i think its better to use 'a new..'
Then why not make the subject singular to match? Write it as:-
"Contract addresses need to be changed when a customer wants to use A NEW ADDRESS for their contracts"
See? Nimps!
Customers must notify us if they wish to change their contract address.
Simple and to the point.
It would be more elegant to restructure the sentence to avoid the awkwardness. For example:
A customer's contact address needs to be changed if he or she wants to use a new address.
Or perhaps:
When a customer wants to use a new address the contracts address list needs to be updated accordingly.
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