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Hans51 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

It is plurals

It is a few words, It is your problems, etc

I saw those sentences and I was wondering if plurals can follow 'it is' like the examples? What do you native English speakers think?

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Hans51 I saw those sentences and I was wondering if plurals can follow 'it is' like the examples? Occasionally that can happen when the plurals are being considered a single unit/concept, etc. In your examples, the first seems reasonable while the second does not.

  • Hans51 I saw those sentences and I was wondering if plurals can follow 'it is' like the examples?
  • Occasionally that can happen when the plurals are being considered a single unit/concept, etc.
  • In your examples, the first seems reasonable while the second does not.
  • It is only a few words on an epitaph, but it holds a great significance for posterity.
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Hans51I saw those sentences and I was wondering if plurals can follow 'it is' like the examples?
Occasionally that can happen when the plurals are being considered a single unit/concept, etc. In your examples, the first seems reasonable while the second does not.

It is only a few words on an epitaph, but it holds a great significance for posterity

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