means

means
Существительное means имеет одну и ту же форму для единственного и множественного числа и соответствует русским словам «средство, средства» (буква s в составе существительного means является словообразовательным суффиксом, а не признаком множественного числа). Means может согласовываться с глаголом в единственном числе (русск. «средство»): a means was found to do it — было найдено средство сделать это; every means has been tried — каждое средство было испробовано. Слово means, обозначающее множественное число (русск. «средства»), согласуется с глаголом во множественном числе:

All possible means have been tried. — Были испробованы все возможные средства.

Are the means ever justified by the end? — В конце концов, средства когда-нибудь оправдываются?


English-Russian dictionary of expressions. 2014.

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