In this instance, I am referring to two people, so the your is plural. My question is if I should use "support" or "supports". Support can be talking about the collective aid of many people, and supports can be talking about multiple people's individual aids. To me, I can't really see a difference. Here, "everyone" is referring a group of people that includes the two people who might pledge their support, the speaker, and about fifteen other people who don't have anything to give, but who will also benefit from this idea being proposed.
I'm thinking of either using
"If I can get both of your support(s), I would like to propose an idea that will work out in everyone’s favor."
or
"If I can get your support(s), I would like to propose an idea that will work out in everyone’s favor."
It sounds better in my opinion to say the first one with an "s" and the second one without. It's the word both that makes support sound better with an "s" to me. Is this the rule?
Best Answer
I assume that you've done research and seen the discussions about multiple items sharing one or multiple objects (e.g.: "On their back" or "on their backs"?). "Support" is a bit different because it can be a mass noun or count noun. However, I think that for the meaning that you intend, it is better considered a mass noun.
In that case, the choice for your second sentence is obvious:
However, the first sentence is a bit trickier because "both of" should not take a singular object. I.e., this would be wrong:
We can fix this with a bit of rewording: