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Tinanam0102 Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Modify or modifies

Hi teachers,

Coordinate adjectives are adjectives in a row that each separately modify the noun that follows.

Should it be "modifies" in this sentence since "each" is the subject?

Thanks

TN

  

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tinanam0102 Hi teachers, Coordinate adjectives are adjectives in a row that each separately modify the noun that follows. Should it be "modifies" in this sentence since "each" is the subject? Thanks TN Yes, though I should confess that I probably would have written 'modify' myself.

— CalifJim

  • tinanam0102 Hi teachers, Coordinate adjectives are adjectives in a row that each separately modify the noun that follows.
  • Should it be "modifies" in this sentence since "each" is the subject?
  • Thanks TN Yes, though I should confess that I probably would have written 'modify' myself.
  • This is one of those situations like "none of them is"/"none of them are", where "is" is considered correct, but almost everybody says and writes "are" anyway.
  • CJ
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tinanam0102

Hi teachers,

Coordinate adjectives are adjectives in a row that each separately modify the noun that follows.

Should it be "modifies" in this sentence since "each" is the subject?

Thanks

TN

Yes, though I should confess that I probably would have written 'modify' myself.

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