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Ellisa Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
A grammatical question!
Hello teachers!
I have a grammatical question on the following sentence.
The sentence is:
When you see traits in others that evoke feelings of anger, annoyance, or hatred, what is being reflected back to you are those parts of yourself that you have disowned or do not like.
I don't know why 'is' is used in 'what is being' instead of 'are' because there's no singular form in the former sentence.
Also if 'what is being' is right, should the sentence be 'reflected back to you is ' not like the upper sentence?
Since my writing is not fluent, I'm worried that my question is not being conveyed fully.
Give me any answer T.T
I have a grammatical question on the following sentence.
The sentence is:
When you see traits in others that evoke feelings of anger, annoyance, or hatred, what is being reflected back to you are those parts of yourself that you have disowned or do not like.
I don't know why 'is' is used in 'what is being' instead of 'are' because there's no singular form in the former sentence.
Also if 'what is being' is right, should the sentence be 'reflected back to you is ' not like the upper sentence?
Since my writing is not fluent, I'm worried that my question is not being conveyed fully.
Give me any answer T.T
Top answer
'What' is a singular pronoun, so 'is' is correct. 'Those parts' is strongly plural and therefore notionally attracts the plural verb 'are'. hatred, those parts of yourself that you have disowned or dislike are reflected back to you.
- 'What' is a singular pronoun, so 'is' is correct.
- 'Those parts' is strongly plural and therefore notionally attracts the plural verb 'are'.
- hatred, those parts of yourself that you have disowned or dislike are reflected back to you.
- hatred, what is being reflected back to you is that portion of yourself that you have disowned or dislike.
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'What' is a singular pronoun, so 'is' is correct. 'Those parts' is strongly plural and therefore notionally attracts the plural verb 'are'. The sentence, however grammatical it may be, is a common one, and needs recasting to eliminate the anomaly:
When you see traits in others...hatred, those parts of yourself that you have disowned or dislike are reflected back to you.
When you see traits in others...hatred, those parts of yourself that you have disowned or dislike are reflected back to you.
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