Agreement of the verb with Gerunds as subject/s
Hello,
Please help me. I'm having some confusion regarding subject-verb agreement. When a gerund is acting as a single activity, will it always take singular verb like this:
1. Writing papers is more scary than writing a poem. (Will this sentence take "is" even if "papers" is plural?)
When two gerunds are acting as subjects, will they take a plural verb like this:
2. Taking pressure and blaming others never solve anything.
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cloudpixie 1. Writing papers is more scary than writing a poem. ) Yes.
- cloudpixie 1.
- Writing papers is more scary than writing a poem.
- ) Yes.
- The verb is never going to agree with the object of the gerund.
- That has nothing to do with the agreement.
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cloudpixie1. Writing papers is more scary than writing a poem. (Will this sentence take "is" even if "papers" is plural?)
Yes. The verb is never going to agree with the object of the gerund. That has nothing to do with the agreement.
cloudpixie2. Taking pressure and blaming others never solve anything.
I would sa
0cloudpixieWhen two gerunds are acting as subjects, will they take a plural verb like this:
Running, jumping rope and jogging are good exercises.
I agree with CJ and would use "solves" in your sentence.
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