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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Both of our attention is/are

I encountered this sentence structure yesterday and I keep coming back to it.

"Both of our attention is on our child".

The word "both" is plural in construction.
Attention on the other hand is singular and using "attentions" which would mean something entirely different anyway, sounds very awkward.
Is "Both of our attention" singular or plural?

Thanks!
Curious Cat
  

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Hi CC; Anonymous "Both of our attention is on our child". This is very awkward. Do you have a larger context?

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  • Hi CC; Anonymous "Both of our attention is on our child".
  • This is very awkward.
  • Do you have a larger context?
  • " Regards, A- s
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Hi CC;
Anonymous "Both of our attention is on our child".
This is very awkward. Do you have a larger context?

I would write "Both of us have our attention on our child."

Regards,
A-
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