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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Agreement

Hello. In the following sentence, should the verb agree with "bananas, apples, eggs" or "food"?

a) Bananas, apples, eggs, that is, natural food, are good for people.

b) Bananas, apples, eggs, that is, natural food, is good for people. [?]

c) Bananas, apples, eggs, that is, natural food is good for people. [?]

Thank you!
  

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I'd go for the first Think of two of the commas parentheses: Bananas, apples, eggs (that is, natural food,) are good for people.

  • I'd go for the first Think of two of the commas parentheses: Bananas, apples, eggs (that is, natural food,) are good for people.
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I'd go for the first Think of two of the commas parentheses:

Bananas, apples, eggs (that is, natural food,) are good for people.

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