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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Allow vs. Allows

I'm super confused on "allow" vs. "allows". Which is correct and what is the official rule? I know allow refers plural and allows is for singular but it doesn't quite fit here.

"We offer health, medicare, and life insurance products which allow(s) you to build a completely customized insurance solution for your clients"
  

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The intention, I am sure, is that the three items combine to make a sort of grammatical "package" that can be seen as a single item; so, allows . Or, perhaps the "offer" can be seen as a singular. [ These may not be satisfactory official reasons, but they might explain what I see as reality.

— Philip

  • The intention, I am sure, is that the three items combine to make a sort of grammatical "package" that can be seen as a single item; so, allows .
  • Or, perhaps the "offer" can be seen as a singular.
  • [ These may not be satisfactory official reasons, but they might explain what I see as reality.
  • ]
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The intention, I am sure, is that the three items combine to make a sort of grammatical "package" that can be seen as a single item; so, allows. Or, perhaps the "offer" can be seen as a singular. [ These may not be satisfactory official reasons, but they might explain what I see as reality. ]
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I see "allow" referring to "offering", as in
We offer (an offering of) A, B and C which (offering [particularly the way the offering is made]) allows...
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in a simpler sense, therefore, you could say "which" refers to the verb rather than the nouns... the verb as visualised as an act - d
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