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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
are/is
a. The buses are on strike.
b. The Red skirts is my sister.
I don't know why 'is' not 'are' in b. My conjecture is that her sister is a member of the Red skirts ? Metonymy makes[symbolizes] one person into a plural?
b. The Red skirts is my sister.
I don't know why 'is' not 'are' in b. My conjecture is that her sister is a member of the Red skirts ? Metonymy makes[symbolizes] one person into a plural?
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a) OK b) OK if there is a group called the Red Skirts. But you need a capital - Red S kirts.
- a) OK b) OK if there is a group called the Red Skirts.
- But you need a capital - Red S kirts.
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a) OK
b) OK if there is a group called the Red Skirts. But you need a capital - Red Skirts.
b) OK if there is a group called the Red Skirts. But you need a capital - Red Skirts.
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