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Thomas_Anderson Posted 18 years ago
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Is this sentence, from Alistair Maclean novel is correct?
"Darkness was falling over the ancient Grecian monastery and the first of the evening stars were beginning to twinkle in the cloudless Aegean sky."
This sentence is from River Of Death by Alistair Maclean.
What I don't understand is that why he has used were?
"the first of the evening stars were..."
This means that there is one star from the group of evening stars.
So this sentence should be like "the first of the evening stars was..."
Am I right or is this a printing error?
I am confused about this.
This sentence is from River Of Death by Alistair Maclean.
What I don't understand is that why he has used were?
"the first of the evening stars were..."
This means that there is one star from the group of evening stars.
So this sentence should be like "the first of the evening stars was..."
Am I right or is this a printing error?
I am confused about this.
Top answer
" I think the first of the evening stars refers to the stars that appeared first. The writer uses 'were' for that reason.
- " I think the first of the evening stars refers to the stars that appeared first.
- The writer uses 'were' for that reason.
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Thomas_AndersonDarkness was falling over the ancient Grecian monastery and the first of the evening stars were beginning to twinkle in the cloudless Aegean sky."I think the first of the evening stars refers to the stars that appeared first. The writer uses 'were' for that reason.
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Yoong LiatI think the first of the evening stars refers to the stars that appeared first. The writer uses 'were' for that reason.Thanks, it has clarified my confusion.
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