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Sft M Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

His....was

Was his eyes red?

or

Were his eyes red?
  

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5 Answers
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"Eyes" is plural, so you need "were."
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But his is singular. Which one is subject here? His or eyes?
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The headword of the subject is 'eyes'.
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"He is an honest man."

Here man is headword and honest is modifier. Am I right?
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sft Man honest man
~ a noun phrase
sft Mman
~ the head of the noun phrase
sft M'honest' is a modifier
Correct.

CJ

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