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Levis1 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Are/is

The thing that I miss the most about my hometown are/is the massages.

Which is correct? Massages is plural so shouldn’t it be are?

  

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The thing that I miss the most about my hometown are /is the massages. The subject is singular, so the verb should be singular too . Examples like this where there is no agreement of number between subject and predicative complement are fairly common: The only thing we need now is some new curtains .

  • The thing that I miss the most about my hometown are /is the massages.
  • The subject is singular, so the verb should be singular too .
  • Examples like this where there is no agreement of number between subject and predicative complement are fairly common: The only thing we need now is some new curtains .
  • The main asset of the team is its bowlers .
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The thing that I miss the most about my hometown are/is the massages.

The subject is singular, so the verb should be singular too.

Examples like this where there is no agreement of number between subject and predicative complement are fairly common:

The only thing we need now is some new curtains.

The main asset

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