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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Please answer this question.
Is this sentence gramatically correct?
The Philippines discovers by Magellan.
P.S: Please do reply. My father and I are debating if this sentence is correct.
The Philippines discovers by Magellan.
P.S: Please do reply. My father and I are debating if this sentence is correct.
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Anonymous Is this sentence gramatically correct? The Philippines discovers by Magellan. S: Please do reply.
- Anonymous Is this sentence gramatically correct?
- The Philippines discovers by Magellan.
- S: Please do reply.
- My father and I are debating if this sentence is correct.
- No.
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AnonymousIs this sentence gramatically correct?No.
The Philippines discovers by Magellan.
P.S: Please do reply. My father and I are debating if this sentence is correct.
The Philippines were discovered by Magellan.
(This is factually incorrect, by the way, even if you refer only to Europeans.)
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The Philippines was discovered by Magellan.
You should use a singular verb when thinking of The Philippines as one country. When thinking about The Philippines as an archipelago use a plural verb.
The Philippines was discovered by Magellan.
You should use a singular verb when thinking of The Philippines as one country. When thinking about The Philippines as an archipelago use a plural verb.
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Good point.
Since the country didn't have that name yet, I was thinking of the islands.
Since the country didn't have that name yet, I was thinking of the islands.
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