Расхождение нашли в лицевом счёте.

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Breakdown of Расхождение нашли в лицевом счёте.

• найти: to find
• расхождение: the discrepancy
• лицевой счёт: the utility account

Questions & Answers about Расхождение нашли в лицевом счёте.

Why is нашли plural if there is no explicit subject?

In Russian, a 3rd person plural verb with no stated subject often means an indefinite they:

• Нашли = they found
• but in English this is often translated more naturally as was found or someone found

So Расхождение нашли... literally feels like:

• They found a discrepancy...

but the natural English meaning is often:

• A discrepancy was found...

This is a very common Russian pattern when the person who did the action is unknown, unimportant, or just not mentioned.

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What case is расхождение, and why does it look like the subject even though it is the thing found?

Here расхождение is the direct object, so it is in the accusative case.

However, расхождение is a neuter inanimate noun, and for nouns like that, the accusative singular looks exactly like the nominative singular.

So:

• nominative: расхождение
• accusative: расхождение

That is why it may look like the subject at first glance. But the verb нашли tells us that someone found something, and the thing found is расхождение.

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Why does the sentence start with instead of the verb?