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Moon7296 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
number agreement
The Pygmalion effect is named after the man and means one's high expectations of or belief in someone creates a positive influence on the person and brings satisfying results.
Q) I was wondering why the verb "create" is "creates" when the subject is "one's high expectations of or belief in someone.
Isn't it like this?
1. One's high expectations create a positive influence. T
2. His dreams are very big.
3. Her watches has created sensation.
Subjects in #1~3 have a plural noun.
Q) I was wondering why the verb "create" is "creates" when the subject is "one's high expectations of or belief in someone.
Isn't it like this?
1. One's high expectations create a positive influence. T
2. His dreams are very big.
3. Her watches has created sensation.
Subjects in #1~3 have a plural noun.
Top answer
e latter) subject.
- e latter) subject.
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one's high expectations of someone create a positive influence
one's belief in someone creates a positive influence
As these are joined by "or", the verb has been made to agree with the closest (i.e latter) subject.
one's belief in someone creates a positive influence
As these are joined by "or", the verb has been made to agree with the closest (i.e latter) subject.
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moon7296I was wondering why the verb "create" is "creates" when the subject is "one's high expectations of or belief in someone.... means (that)
one's ... expectations of (someone)
OR
(one's) belief in someone
creates ....
The agreement of a subject of the form X OR Y is with Y.
The mother or the children were
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Hi, GPY.
This is a rather belated question but...
What if the text had commas around "or belief in" like this?
"The Pygmalion effect is named after the man and means one's high expectations of, or belief in, someone creates a positive influence on the person and brings satisfying results."
Would the singular "creates" still be correct?
I for one
This is a rather belated question but...
What if the text had commas around "or belief in" like this?
"The Pygmalion effect is named after the man and means one's high expectations of, or belief in, someone creates a positive influence on the person and brings satisfying results."
Would the singular "creates" still be correct?
I for one
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AnonymousWould the singular "creates" still be correct?I would still use "creates". For me, what "sounds right" trumps the technical arguments.
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GPYI would still use "creates". For me, what "sounds right" trumps the technical arguments.Thanks, GPY. Do you mean that the technical arguments are wrong or that they could be right as well?
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