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alexwlh
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1. I think relationships are something so personal that I don't want to talk about now.
2. I think relationship is something so personal that I don't want to talk about now.
Rachel, Moderator
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Here is a correct sentence:

  • I think a relationship is something so personal that I don't want to talk about it now.

    We use 'a relationship' -- a singular count noun -- because of 'something,' which is singular.
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