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Guest Posted 22 years ago
Grammar
Is/are
I'm a web developer for a medical information company. Just now, I was handed an error message to show to expired subscribers. Something about the grammar didn't feel quite right. No one else here seems to think it's wrong, but I can't seem to let it go. I think this is a common grammar question. Is the following sentence correct?
"Your subscription has expired and this user name and password is no longer active."
"Your subscription has expired and this user name and password is no longer active."
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Hi, If u want my opinion I think it's 'are'. But u can wait and read what other users say. Dima.
- Hi, If u want my opinion I think it's 'are'.
- But u can wait and read what other users say.
- Dima.
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Hi,
If u want my opinion I think it's 'are'. But u can wait and read what other users say.
Dima.
If u want my opinion I think it's 'are'. But u can wait and read what other users say.
Dima.
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"Your subscription has expired and this user name and password is no longer active."
Even though you think that user name and password should be 2 things( and you want it to be are which would apply to a plural, I think that in the context of this sentence it seems to be singular , not plural. "This" in the sentence seems to apply to a single item or thing.
Even though you think that user name and password should be 2 things( and you want it to be are which would apply to a plural, I think that in the context of this sentence it seems to be singular , not plural. "This" in the sentence seems to apply to a single item or thing.
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