are they correct? 1-after all, what are neighbors for. (correct) 2- after all, what are friendship for. (incorrect) instead say what IS friendship for? OR what ARE friendshipS for?

1. After all, what are neighbors for? Correct 2. After all, what are friendship for? Incorrect Remember that the verb "are" is showing ownership, and "are" is a form of the verb "be". In this case, the second person verb of "be". You can correct question #2 by changing the "are" in the sentence after the comma, to "is". The "are" in this case is not used as the second person singular present form of "be". In this particular sentence, the third person singular present form of "be" is needed, changing your original "are" to "is". Also, you could correct this sentence by making your singular "friendship", to "friendships" and keeping the original "are". Using the second person form of "be" would make friendship become plural, or more than one. I hope this helps.

1. Good. 2. Incorrect. The more common expression is, "After all, what are friends for?" "Friendship" refers to the bond of affection between people. "Friends" refers to the people themselves.

After all what are neighbors ( US spelling - Neighbours spelling in UK and Ireland) for? is correct After all what are friendships for is technically correct as advised but the more likely and commonly used phrase is; after all, what are friends for? Using "friendships "is a cumbersome way to express a simple thought which can be simplified above. Hope that helps