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Flower1234 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Enable or enables?

I read this sentence. "having two different documents enables" - should we not use 'enable'? Am I right?

The photograph is not a very reliable piece of evidence however having two different documents enables us to be much more accurate in determing the point of impact
  

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flower1234 I read this sentence. "having two different documents enables" - should we not use 'enable'? Am I right?

— Dimsumexpress

  • flower1234 I read this sentence.
  • "having two different documents enables" - should we not use 'enable'?
  • Am I right?
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flower1234
I read this sentence. "having two different documents enables" - should we not use 'enable'? Am I right?

The photograph is not a very reliable piece of evidence, however, having two different documents enables us to be much more accurate in
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flower1234
I read this sentence. "having two different documents enables" - should we not use 'enable'? Am I right?
No. "Having two different documents" is one fact.

The documents do not do the enabling, but having them does.

It is the same idea as these sentences:

Swiming is easy for me.

Swimming a lap is easy for me.
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I agree with dimsum on the "having" but suggest you rephrase as follows:
flower1234 The photograph is not a very reliable piece of evidence. However, having two different documents enables us to be much more accurate in determing the point of impact.
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