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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Relative clauses
Hi I would like to ask -
Mary is one of the writers who contribute/contributes regularly to the mazine. My gut feel is that it will be the singular verb and 'writers' as subject but what grammar rule explains this?
regards
jerome
Mary is one of the writers who contribute/contributes regularly to the mazine. My gut feel is that it will be the singular verb and 'writers' as subject but what grammar rule explains this?
regards
jerome
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The antecedent of the relative pronoun is the plural writers . That's why the plural verb contribute must be used. By the way, choosing the wrong verb form in sentences like yours is very common in all languages which make a difference between the singular and plural verb forms.
- The antecedent of the relative pronoun is the plural writers .
- That's why the plural verb contribute must be used.
- By the way, choosing the wrong verb form in sentences like yours is very common in all languages which make a difference between the singular and plural verb forms.
- Speakers of Finnish are guilty of the same mistake all the time even though Finnish isn't in the least related to English.
- CB
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The antecedent of the relative pronoun is the plural writers. That's why the plural verb contribute must be used. By the way, choosing the wrong verb form in sentences like yours is very common in all languages which make a difference between the singular and plural verb forms. Speakers of Finnish are guilty of the same mistake all the time even though Finnish isn't in the least rel
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