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English 1b3 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Is/Are

I feel like a should use is and b should use are. But surely they both should use the same verb. Which is it? Thanks

a What I enjoy most about e-commerce is/are the strategy and analytics.

b Strategy and analytics is/are what I enjoy most about ecommerce.
  

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a. What I enjoy most about e-commerce is the strategy and analytics. b Strategy and analytics are what I enjoy most about ecommerce.

— Fivejedjon

  • a.
  • What I enjoy most about e-commerce is the strategy and analytics.
  • b Strategy and analytics are what I enjoy most about ecommerce.
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a. What I enjoy most about e-commerce is the strategy and analytics.
b Strategy and analytics are what I enjoy most about ecommerce.
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I feel like a should use is and b should use are I agree with you.

Clive
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English 1b3surely they both should use the same verb.
Why? They have different subjects. The verb should match the subject.

CJ
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CalifJimThe verb should match the subject
I was taught linking verbs are like an equal sign, so I guess that's why I had a hard time figuring out what the subject was.

Is the subject of a linking verb always the noun preceding (to the left of) the verb?

Thanks!
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English 1b3Is the subject of a linking verb always the noun preceding (to the left of) the verb?
Yes, but that doesn't mean you'll never see the verb agree with the predicate noun (on the right).

CJ
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What about here? The subject is on the right, isn't it?

In the closet were the jackets.
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English 1b3What about here? The subject is on the right, isn't it?In the closet were the jackets.
Correct. A prepositional phrase can't be the subject. There is no other candidate for subject in the whole sentence other than "the jackets".

CJ
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English 1b3a. What I enjoy most about e-commerce is the strategy and analytics.
b. Strategy and analytics are what I enjoy most about ecommerce.
The subjects are underlined. Both what I enjoy most about e-commerce and strategy and analytics can be inverted with the auxiliary to form an interrogative: Is what I e
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Aspara Gusin the closet cannot be inverted with the verb: *Was in the closet the jackets?
What do you do about the fact that you're talking to someone who "doesn't know English"? To such a person it is not necessarily at all obvious that this test makes any sense. To such a person,

Was in the closet the jackets? or Were in th
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CalifJimWhat do you do about the fact that you're talking to someone who "doesn't know English"?
The OP is a native speaker.
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