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Omar Ahmed Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

A perplexing sentence

Writing a book would make a person famous and earn him experiences
that are necessary for the world of politics.

Is the sentence mentioned above grammatically correct? I think the underlined word "experiences" should be singular. Am I right?

  

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Omar Ahmed Is the sentence mentioned above grammatically correct? Yes, but the expression 'earn experience' is not the most idiomatic. 'provide experience' is more expected.

  • Omar Ahmed Is the sentence mentioned above grammatically correct?
  • Yes, but the expression 'earn experience' is not the most idiomatic.
  • 'provide experience' is more expected.
  • Omar Ahmed I think the underlined word "experiences" should be singular.
  • In that case 'are' has to be changed to 'is'.
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Omar AhmedIs the sentence mentioned above grammatically correct?

Yes, but the expression 'earn experience' is not the most idiomatic. 'provide experience' is more expected.

Omar AhmedI think the underlined word "experiences" should be singular.

In that case 'are' has to be changed to 'is'.

Either way is OK.

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