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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

is/are agreement

Which for you?

"The force of the blows are/is yet unknown."
  

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Is. The force... is...

— Elanguest

  • Is.
  • The force...
  • is...
  • Force is the subject of the sentence, therefore the verb must agree with it.
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Is. The force... is...

Force is the subject of the sentence, therefore the verb must agree with it. Emotion: wink
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Not if attraction is involved.
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What has 'attraction' to do with this?
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fivejedjonWhat has 'attraction' to do with this?
I just love these anonymous gibberish posts..
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ElanguestForce is the subject of the sentence
Actually, force is the head of the NP the force of the blows, which is the subject. The verb agrees with the head because it’s the FORCE of the blows that is unknown, not the blows themselves.
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I'm not sure that attraction is ever used other than theoretically in English grammar.
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ElanguestI'm not sure that attraction is ever used other than theoretically in English grammar.
I guess it must be, because quite a few native speakers hace tole ne they would use "are" in the above example.
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The question of subject-verb agreement can get tricky, but maybe it's not as tricky as you think. Forget about attraction. This is English, not Greek. :) This page might help: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/sv_agr.htm
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ElanguestThe question of subject-verb agreement can get tricky, but maybe it's not as tricky as you think. Forget about attraction. This is English, not Greek. :) This page might help: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/sv_agr.htm
Are you suggesting "attraction"
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