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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

are or is/has or have - I'm getting confused

Which is correct?

Darren's range of bicycles are highly sought after.
Or
Darren's range of bicycles is highly sought after.

Similarly.
Ruth's line of perfumes and cosmetics has sold well.
Or
Ruth's line of perfumes and cosmetics have sold well.
  

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Subject / verb agreement can be tricky. htm There are three varieties of agreement: grammatical agreement, proximal agreement and notional agreement. Most cases are governed by grammatical agreement, and it is easy to confuse that with proximal agreement when there is a prepositional phrase with a plural object between the subject of the sentence and the verb.

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  • Subject / verb agreement can be tricky.
  • htm There are three varieties of agreement: grammatical agreement, proximal agreement and notional agreement.
  • Most cases are governed by grammatical agreement, and it is easy to confuse that with proximal agreement when there is a prepositional phrase with a plural object between the subject of the sentence and the verb.
  • Darren's range (subject, singular) of bicycles is highly sought after.
  • Ruth's line (subject, singular) of perfumes and cosmetics has sold well.
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Subject / verb agreement can be tricky. http://grammar.about.com/od/correctingerrors/a/SpecSVA.htm

There are three varieties of agreement: grammatical agreement, proximal agreement and notional agreement.
Most cases are governed by grammatical agreement, and it is easy to confuse t
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