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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Singular or plural

Should it be 'make or makes'?

It is those little things that 'make or makes' us the happiest.

I think it should be 'make', am I right?
  

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Anonymous I think it should be 'make', am I right? Right. "

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AnonymousI think it should be 'make', am I right?
Right. The broad idea is that if you take out "It is" and "that," you should still have a grammatical sentence that can stand on its own, which effectively means that the verb has to agree in number with "[those little] things."
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ozzourtiRight.
Thank you very much. Would the sentence also work without 'the' before happiest?
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ozzourtiRight.
Thank you very much for your help. Would the sentence also be correct without the article 'the' before happiest?
ozzourtiwhich effectively means that the verb has to agree in number with "[those little] things."
Yes, that was what I thought. Does the verb depend on the entire "[those tittle] things", be
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AnonymousThank you very much for your help. Would the sentence also be correct without the article 'the' before happiest?
Yes.
AnonymousDoes the verb depend on the entire "[those tittle] things", because I automatically thought that the word 'things' should be followed by the plural 'make'?
I put those two words in brackets
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ozzourti Would the sentence also be correct without the article 'the' before happiest?Yes.
Great!! Does 'happiest' mean 'most happy' (meaning little things make us happier than anything else). In other words, what does'happiest' convey in the sentence?
ozzourtiI put those two words in brackets to indicate that they are of no real
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