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Nerdikarp Posted 14 years ago
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is this sentence awkward or correct? "what still needs to be done are cleaning the house, changing the door knob, and buying more mattresses."
is this sentence awkward or correct? "what still needs to be done are cleaning the house, changing the door knob, and buying more mattresses."
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The noun clause used as a subject of a sentence needs a singular verb. The following list is taken as one unit. edu/writelab/reviews/subjectverb / W hat still needs to be done is: clean the house, change the door ****, and buy more mattresses.
- The noun clause used as a subject of a sentence needs a singular verb.
- The following list is taken as one unit.
- edu/writelab/reviews/subjectverb / W hat still needs to be done is: clean the house, change the door ****, and buy more mattresses.
- If you change it to a plural subject with a relative clause, then the verb is plural: The things that still need to be done are: clean the house, change the door ****, and buy more mattresses.
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The noun clause used as a subject of a sentence needs a singular verb. The following list is taken as one unit. (The stuff that needs doing.)
See rule #27 http://uwf.edu/writelab/reviews/subjectverb/
What still needs to be done is: clean the house, change the door ****, and b
See rule #27 http://uwf.edu/writelab/reviews/subjectverb/
What still needs to be done is: clean the house, change the door ****, and b
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