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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

deserve vs deserves

Which sentence is correct:

1. A father like you deserve to celebrate.

2. A father like you deserveS to celebrate.

And are those two above sentences correct?

Thanks.

April
  

Top answer

Hello April The subject of the sentence is "a father (like you)". "A father" is singular, and so requires a singular verb in the 3rd person. Therefore only one of the sentences is correct.

— MrPedantic

  • Hello April The subject of the sentence is "a father (like you)".
  • "A father" is singular, and so requires a singular verb in the 3rd person.
  • Therefore only one of the sentences is correct.
  • Do you want to try to work out which sentence is correct, before we tell you?
  • MrP
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Hello April

The subject of the sentence is "a father (like you)".

"A father" is singular, and so requires a singular verb in the 3rd person. Therefore only one of the sentences is correct.

Do you want to try to work out which sentence is correct, before we tell you?

MrP
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