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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
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Singular or plural

It is the lonely nights that frighten/frightens me.


Which one to use - singular or plural here? Frighten should follow nights .. but it starts with "it is", so wondering....

  

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Which one to use - singular or plural here? Frighten should follow nights .. but it starts with "it is", so wondering....

  • Which one to use - singular or plural here?
  • Frighten should follow nights ..
  • but it starts with "it is", so wondering....
  • Good question.
  • You can consider it as a number of nights or as a single kind of experience.
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anonymousIt is the lonely nights that frighten/frightens me.Which one to use - singular or plural here? Frighten should follow nights .. but it starts with "it is", so wondering....

Good question. You can consider it as a number of nights or as a single kind of experience. The wise writer would recast to resolve this conceptual dilemma:

The lonely

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