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Is Equipment Grammatically Correct?

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Is Equipment Grammatically Correct?

The noun equipment does not have a plural form. It is used in the singular only, with a singular verb, and there is no word "equipments." Nouns like this are called "noncount nouns" (or "mass nouns

mass nouns
A noncount (or mass) noun refers to something that cannot be counted. Noncount nouns are normally not used after the words a or an or after a number. They have only one form and are used with singular verb forms. The rain is still coming down heavily.
") and there are over 100 common nouns in this category.

Can I say equipment are?

Equipment is collective noun and as such can be used in plural. Although there are a lot of collective nouns that can be used with -s or without and they mean different things.

Is it or are for equipment?

Equipment is a noncount noun which means that it has no plural form. Even when it refers to more than one thing, it is still grammatically singular, so you should use a singular verb: Most of the equipment was defective.

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