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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

'Is' or 'are'?

0 Which of these sentences is grammatically correct?02br
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00What two colors is this jacket?02br
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0Hello Anon,02br
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00Would you like to try first?02br
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00Then someone will check your answer for you.02br
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10Which of these sentences is grammatically correct? What two colors is this jacket? What two colors are this jacket?12blockquote
10To me, the answer is 'is".0-
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0 wow, I hope to know the answer too.0-
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0 Hi,02br
00I'd say:02br
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00-What color is John Dalton's jacket?02br
00- Red and green.02br
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00-Red and green.0-
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0I think I'd vote with Yoong Liat and Kooyeen on this one.02br
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0 The copula (01i00is02i00 or 01i00are02i00 in this case) should always agree with the subject, not with the complement. The subject is the noun or phrase about which the rest of the clause is predicated (COED), i.e., the subject is the answer to the question "What word is the sentence describing?"02br
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0Thanks, '323 – a tidy summary.02br
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