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Zhuzhusteve Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

My boss says this sentence is wrong! Why?

Why did my boss say this sentence is wrong? You have two behaviors, behaved and studious..so, they should have a plural in agreement, right?

Sentence:
You were well behaved in class and very studious, which are characteristics that a teacher really appreciates.
  

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Hi, Your sentence seems OK to me. Clive

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Hi,

Your sentence seems OK to me.

Clive
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I posted this earlier, but without the earlier sentence.
The sentence below was said to be wrong by my supervisor. I argued that 'are' works with the "well behaved in class and very studious" mentioned earlier in the sentence.
Opinions????
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Jamie, it was nice to have a student like you in my class. You were well behaved in class and very studious, which are characte
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Hi

You seem to be just asking the same question again.

Clive
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zhuzhusteveWhy did my boss say this sentence is wrong?
To answer that, you will have to ask your boss. Absent that, I can only guess that it is the oblique reference of which which I mentioned to you in a previous post. It seems a bit picky, but it's possible that that is his objection.

well-behaved is not a characteristic. It's not a
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