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Creativeguru Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Please tell me the right verb

0 Our 80 years of collective experience help / helps to develop top class quality 0-
  

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0That's a hard question. Grammarians may disagree on this one. 02br 02br 00I say 'helps'.

— Old Man Gordon

  • 0That's a hard question.
  • Grammarians may disagree on this one.
  • 02br 02br 00I say 'helps'.
  • but years ARE clearly plural.
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0That's a hard question. Grammarians may disagree on this one. If the discussion gets nasty, it may need to be moved to the controversial subject forum.02br
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00I say 'helps'. I view the 80 years of collective experience as a single thing which helps us...but years ARE clearly plural. 02br
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00My honest suggestion...rewrite it with different word
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01cite10Creativeguru12cite10Our 80 years of collective experience 11del10help /12del10 11b10helps12b10 to develop top class quality12blockquote
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0So help is grammatically wrong but i view our sounds as plural0-
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0 My original sentence, is this correct?02br
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00Our 80 years of collective experience help to deliver unrivaled quality in providing real estate and infrastructure services for the years to come.0-
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0 I agree! 02br
00500 miles is00 a long distance to drive...02br
0080 years of expereince to me should be treated as a single entity. 0-
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0 so according to you Goodman 'help' is the right verb 0-
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0Goodman wrote: 01i00800 miles IS a long distance to drive...02i02br
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01i01b0080 years of expereince02b00 to me should be treated 01b00as a single entity.02b02i02br
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00What he means is the correct verb to use is 01b00helps,02b00 which is a si
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0No, if something is treated as singular, the verb agreement should be “helps”.02br
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00Consider: 0025 students00 in the English class 00makes it hard00 for the teacher to teach. Likewise, 00 0080 years of experience is00 also a singular entity conceptually. 0-
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0I am a bit cofuse just tell me which is right verb help or helps or both in the following sentence02br
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00Our 80 years of collective experience help to deliver unrivaled quality in providing real estate and infrastructure services for the years to come.0-
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10 My original sentence, is this correct? 11b10(10I hope you do nott mind. Your question should be phrased as 11i10Is my original sentence correct?)12i12b12br
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10Our 80 years of collective experience help to deliver
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