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Pleasehelp Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Lowest

So the lowest you'll go for the tickets is/are $100?

Why isn't it are when tickets is plural?
  

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The subject of the sentence is "the lowest", not "tickets". This is the main sentence: The lowest ........ is $100.

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  • The subject of the sentence is "the lowest", not "tickets".
  • This is the main sentence: The lowest ........
  • is $100.
  • In this sentence, the word "lowest" refers to the lowest price, or the lowest amount/sum.
  • The part " you'll go for the tickets " is a relative clause, and "tickets" is the object of the preposition "for" in that clause.
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The subject of the sentence is "the lowest", not "tickets".

This is the main sentence:
The lowest ........ is $100.

In this sentence, the word "lowest" refers to the lowest price, or the lowest amount/sum.

The part "you'll go for the tickets" is a relative clause, and "tickets" is th
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