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Sesquipedalian101 Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Obama's Speech

President Obama, speaking on Hillary Clinton, said

"...her candidacy and nomination was historic..." 2:40 (
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Shouldn't it have been "were" instead of "was"?
  

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I agree, I would use were there. However, President Obama may be thinking of them as two aspects of the same thing. If he views them as a single process rather than two separate events it would make sense to him to use was .

— Blue Jay

  • I agree, I would use were there.
  • However, President Obama may be thinking of them as two aspects of the same thing.
  • If he views them as a single process rather than two separate events it would make sense to him to use was .
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I agree, I would use were there. However, President Obama may be thinking of them as two aspects of the same thing. If he views them as a single process rather than two separate events it would make sense to him to use was.
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