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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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Which is correct to say.

1the anouncers says
2 the anouncers say
  

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The second sentence is correct. If the subject is plural, most of the time the verb is singular--if it's in the present tense, that is. " Hope that helps man.

— Zinger13

  • The second sentence is correct.
  • If the subject is plural, most of the time the verb is singular--if it's in the present tense, that is.
  • " Hope that helps man.
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The second sentence is correct.

If the subject is plural, most of the time the verb is singular--if it's in the present tense, that is.

So it's be "The announcers say..."

The opposite works for when the subject is singular:

"The announcer says..."

Hope that helps man.
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zinger13If the subject is plural, most of the time the verb is singular

Please don't explain it this way. It's the plural form of the verb. The S that makes a noun plural is not the same S that forms the third-person singular form of a verb.

You can say that a plural noun usually takes a verb form without an S, while a third-person singular take
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