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Tkacka15 Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Credits

"But the US and its allies have since launched hundreds of airstrikes at Isis targets and credits its attacks with halting the group’s territorial advances." (Associated Press.)

Is "credits" a verb and if so, is it in agreement with its subject in the above sentence?
  

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tkacka15 is it in agreement with its subject in the above sentence? No, it’s a slip. The sentence should read: But the US and its allies have since launched hundreds of airstrikes at Isis targets and credit their attacks with halting the group’s territorial advances .

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  • tkacka15 is it in agreement with its subject in the above sentence?
  • No, it’s a slip.
  • The sentence should read: But the US and its allies have since launched hundreds of airstrikes at Isis targets and credit their attacks with halting the group’s territorial advances .
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tkacka15 is it in agreement with its subject in the above sentence?
No, it’s a slip. The sentence should read:

But the US and its allies have since launched hundreds of airstrikes at Isis targets and credit their attacks with halting the group’s territorial advances.
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