Subject and object agreement
I wrote the following sentence as a part of one of my essays. I would really appreciate it if someone could let me know whether the subject of the following sentence is in line with the object: "issues" and "a shared social problem". What I wanted to mention was all of the issues together might be a problem for society. The confusing part for me is object is singular, though subject is plural.
The issues associated with littering in urban areas have been a shared social problem since the third industrial revolution after which more and more people implemented initiatives to move to towns.
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dileepa The issues associated with littering in urban areas have been a shared social problem What you are concerned about is the predicate noun agreeing with the subject. You just need to use a transitive verb. The issues associated with littering in urban areas have created / formed / resulted in a shared social problem dileepa after which more and more people implemented initiatives to move to towns Those words are incorrectly used.
- dileepa The issues associated with littering in urban areas have been a shared social problem What you are concerned about is the predicate noun agreeing with the subject.
- You just need to use a transitive verb.
- The issues associated with littering in urban areas have created / formed / resulted in a shared social problem dileepa after which more and more people implemented initiatives to move to towns Those words are incorrectly used.
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dileepaThe issues associated with littering in urban areas have been a shared social problem
What you are concerned about is the predicate noun agreeing with the subject. You just need to use a transitive verb.
The issues associated with littering in urban areas have created / formed / resulted in a shar
0The issues associated with littering in urban areas have been a shared social problem since the third industrial revolution after which more and more people implemented initiatives to move to towns.
Preliminary point: "a shared problem" is not an object. It's a predicative complement (or 'subject complement') of "been".
To answer your question, your sentence i
0. . . after which more and more people implemented initiatives to move to towns.
I suggest
. . . after which more and more people began to move to towns.
. . . after which more and more people moved to towns.
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