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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Depend vs Depends
In the sentence: "The success of education and, more importantly, our students depends on it," should I use "depend" or "depends"?
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The sentence is too terse; I could not understand its meaning at first or second reading. Expand it to this: The success of education and, more importantly, the success of our students depend on it.
- The sentence is too terse; I could not understand its meaning at first or second reading.
- Expand it to this: The success of education and, more importantly, the success of our students depend on it.
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The sentence is too terse; I could not understand its meaning at first or second reading. Expand it to this:
The success of education and, more importantly, the success of our students depend on it.
The success of education and, more importantly, the success of our students depend on it.
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It should be "depends", but because of the potential awkwardness of parsing the last part, I suggest this:
The success of education — and, more importantly, our students — depends on it.
Edit: Written before seeing Mister Micawber's reply.
The success of education — and, more importantly, our students — depends on it.
Edit: Written before seeing Mister Micawber's reply.
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GPYThe success of education — and more importantly, of our students — depends on it.That's better. Now I understand it. (Maybe add 'of')
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