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Nikko Posted 20 years ago
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is or are - please help!

0Please tell me which sentence is correct - I say the first but my teacher says the second. Please help!!02br
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00Developing and maintaining positive relationships with families and the community is essential in promoting academic success.02br
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— Benita

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0Your teacher is right.02br
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01cite10Nikko12cite10Please tell me which sentence is correct - I say the first but my teacher says the second. Please help!!12br
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0And I would also suggest that either the singular or plural verb form can be used, depending on the speaker's concept: whether 01i00'developing and maintaining02i00' represents a single process or two discrete steps.02br
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00(Sorry, I didn't see the other response, Rishonly. When you come upon such, could you provide a link if possible?)0-
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01cite10Mister Micawber12cite10And I would also suggest that either the singular or plural verb form can be used, depending on the speaker's concept: whether 11i10'developing and maintaining12i10' represents a single process or two discrete steps.12br
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10(Sorry, I didn't see the other respon
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0But if you reword it:02br
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00It is essential to develop and maintain positive relationships with families and the community in promoting academic success - "is" rather than "are" seems right. The verb should agree with the subject, no? And in this case the subject is "developing and maintaining" or "it" if reworded. Or am I missing a basic rule?02br
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00It is essential to develop and maintain positive relationships with families and the community in promoting academic success.12blockquote
10You are indeed correct, but this sentence is not really comparable to the original; you are more than rewording-- you are restructuring here, Nikko. Now, the introductory 01b01i00it02i
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0 developing and maintaining - I think you are right and your teacher is wrong. If you look at developing and maintaing as a single action, anyway. which it isn't, really, but you are referring to a kind of compound action - developing and maintaining. If you said "the activities of maintaining and developing..." you would have to say 01b00are02b00. But you are actual
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01cite10Nikko12cite10Please tell me which sentence is correct - I say the first but my teacher says the second. Please help!!12br
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