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Hotmale Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

Mixture of strange words

Can you please suggest which form is correct in my sentence?

"The man uses a mixture of strange words which is/are difficult to uderstand"

Should it be "is" - referring to the mixture
or "are" - referring to strange words?

Thank you
  

Top answer

The word mixture is singular so the appropriate verb would be are .

— SoSaysSunny

  • The word mixture is singular so the appropriate verb would be are .
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The word mixture is singular so the appropriate verb would be are.
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Thanks, SoSaysSunny!
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SoSaysSunnyThe word mixture is singular so the appropriate verb would be are.
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HotmaleThe man uses a mixture of strange words which is/ are difficult to understand.
It's the words that are difficult to understand, not the mixture.
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SoSaysSunnyThe word mixture is singular so the appropriate verb would be are.
just like Anonymous above, I also don't follow the logic of your statement.
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I stand corrected: The verb should be are.

If I were ashamed to be wrong I would blame it on being up all night -- but I make mistakes when I'm absolutely fresh. Take it as evidence that even well-educated native speakers make mistakes.

When I started to diagram this sentence on paper, I realized the difficulty. Am I showing my age
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Here's the screen shot that didn't display in my last post:
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Sigh! Now I'm questioning my decision to share the Sentence Diagram Tool.

I was thinking about a sentence in which that verb would be singular:

Coca-Cola uses a mixture of ingredients that is patented.

  • In this sentence, that refers to mixture because it is the mixture that is patented, not the ingredients themselves.
  • The wo
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