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GoldenQN Posted 18 years ago
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Microsoft Word is calling sentence #1 a fragment but not #2, can someone please explain why and which one is correct? Thanks.
1) As the largest country in South America, Brazil encompasses many regions of varying geography.
2) As the largest country in South America, Brazil encompass many regions of varying geography.
1) As the largest country in South America, Brazil encompasses many regions of varying geography.
2) As the largest country in South America, Brazil encompass many regions of varying geography.
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Sentence 1 is correct as there is a bad grammatical mistake in sentence 2: the third person singular inflection (es) is missing in the verb: encompass es . CB
- Sentence 1 is correct as there is a bad grammatical mistake in sentence 2: the third person singular inflection (es) is missing in the verb: encompass es .
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Sentence 1 is correct as there is a bad grammatical mistake in sentence 2: the third person singular inflection (es) is missing in the verb: encompasses.
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That's what I thought. Do you know why Word would consider sentence #1 a fragment?
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Hi,
Microsoft Word is calling sentence #1 a fragment but not #2, can someone please explain why and which one is correct? Thanks.
1) As the largest country in South America, Brazil encompasses many regions of varying geography.This is fine.
2) As the largest country in South America, Brazil encompass many regions of varying geography. Incorrect. The singular subject
Microsoft Word is calling sentence #1 a fragment but not #2, can someone please explain why and which one is correct? Thanks.
1) As the largest country in South America, Brazil encompasses many regions of varying geography.This is fine.
2) As the largest country in South America, Brazil encompass many regions of varying geography. Incorrect. The singular subject
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GoldenQNThat's what I thought. Do you know why Word would consider sentence #1 a fragment?I have no idea what goes on in the minds of Microsoft's philologists.
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