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Theooo Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
Singular verb IS?
This is on page 846 #12 on the OG Book. One bracket contains an error.
At the heart of the program, [enthusiastically endorsed] by the city's business association, [is] plans for refurbishing neighborhoods [and for making] low-interest mortgages [available to] young families.
My question is: Why is the second bracket [is] wrong? It's used to modify 'at the heart of the program?"
Thanks in advance
At the heart of the program, [enthusiastically endorsed] by the city's business association, [is] plans for refurbishing neighborhoods [and for making] low-interest mortgages [available to] young families.
My question is: Why is the second bracket [is] wrong? It's used to modify 'at the heart of the program?"
Thanks in advance
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theooo Why is the second bracket [is] wrong? " Again, verbs don't modify other parts of speech. Where's the subject of the sentence?
- theooo Why is the second bracket [is] wrong?
- " Again, verbs don't modify other parts of speech.
- Where's the subject of the sentence?
- Try "plans".
- The word order is not the usual order.
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theoooWhy is the second bracket [is] wrong? It's used to modify 'at the heart of the program?"Again, verbs don't modify other parts of speech. Where's the subject of the sentence? Try "plans".
The word order is not the usual order. The sentence is similar in that way to this one:
In the garden are several fountains. (Sev
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