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Though he never speaks to him the writer finds himself drawn deep into ruinous inward passion; meanwhile, Venice, and finally, the writer himself, succumb to a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholera plague.
This sounds fine, but to I'd imagine to make grammatical sense it requires 'succumbs'. The writer can succumb but why can't a city?
Can the word theory be written in the possessive form also?
Like: He was weary of the theories' flaws.
How would you write it to describe just one theory with flaws?
Theory's
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panda blue 483 This sounds fine, but to I'd imagine to make grammatical sense it requires 'succumbs'. "and finally, the writer himself" is parenthetical, so strictly speaking it could be said that the true subject is "Venice" alone, and hence the verb should be "succumbs". Personally, I find "succumb" the more natural choice here, but opinions may vary.
- panda blue 483 This sounds fine, but to I'd imagine to make grammatical sense it requires 'succumbs'.
- "and finally, the writer himself" is parenthetical, so strictly speaking it could be said that the true subject is "Venice" alone, and hence the verb should be "succumbs".
- Personally, I find "succumb" the more natural choice here, but opinions may vary.
- panda blue 483 The writer can succumb but why can't a city?
- I don't understand the relevance of this.
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panda blue 483This sounds fine, but to I'd imagine to make grammatical sense it requires 'succumbs'.
"and finally, the writer himself" is parenthetical, so strictly speaking it could be said that the true subject is "Venice" alone, and hence the verb
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