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Jenniferunagi Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Subject and verb
Hi,
I would like to ask whether are these questions correct.
For example:
1) When it is hot and humid, my clothes sticks to me.
Verb: Sticks
Subject: Clothes
2) Some boys pitch with one hand and bat with another.
verb:Pitch/bat
subject: some boys(countable)
3) Marvin's excuses for not having completed his reasearch paper bore me.
Verb: bore
Subject: excuses
4) One computer for two or three students reflects the value of our society.
5) Small amounts of tar and nicotine damages the health of smokers.
6) The annual sales of video games in the United States probably exceeds a billion dollars.
7) The students waiting in line for the tickets to the concert expect to get good seats.
8) There were thousands of people at the parade.
I have been receving lots of help from this forum and I appreciate it. Thanks for the help all these while!
Cheers,
Jennifer Unagi:)
I would like to ask whether are these questions correct.
For example:
1) When it is hot and humid, my clothes sticks to me.
Verb: Sticks
Subject: Clothes
2) Some boys pitch with one hand and bat with another.
verb:Pitch/bat
subject: some boys(countable)
3) Marvin's excuses for not having completed his reasearch paper bore me.
Verb: bore
Subject: excuses
4) One computer for two or three students reflects the value of our society.
5) Small amounts of tar and nicotine damages the health of smokers.
6) The annual sales of video games in the United States probably exceeds a billion dollars.
7) The students waiting in line for the tickets to the concert expect to get good seats.
8) There were thousands of people at the parade.
I have been receving lots of help from this forum and I appreciate it. Thanks for the help all these while!
Cheers,
Jennifer Unagi:)
Top answer
1) When it is hot and humid, my clothes sticks stick to me. Verb: Sticks Subject: Clothes 2) Some boys pitch with one hand and bat with another. verb:Pitch/bat subject: some boys(countable) 3) Marvin's excuses for not having completed his reasearch paper bore me.
- 1) When it is hot and humid, my clothes sticks stick to me.
- Verb: Sticks Subject: Clothes 2) Some boys pitch with one hand and bat with another.
- verb:Pitch/bat subject: some boys(countable) 3) Marvin's excuses for not having completed his reasearch paper bore me.
- Verb: bore Subject: excuses 4) One computer for two or three students reflects the value s of our society.
- 5) Small amounts of tar and nicotine damages damage the health of smokers.
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1) When it is hot and humid, my clothes sticks stick to me.
Verb: Sticks
Subject: Clothes
2) Some boys pitch with one hand and bat with another.
verb:Pitch/bat
subject: some boys(countable)
3) Marvin's excuses for not having completed his reasearch paper bore me.
Verb: bore
Subje
Verb: Sticks
Subject: Clothes
2) Some boys pitch with one hand and bat with another.
verb:Pitch/bat
subject: some boys(countable)
3) Marvin's excuses for not having completed his reasearch paper bore me.
Verb: bore
Subje
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Thanks.
I do have another set of questions as well.
1) A large monitor and quality sound impresses them.
verb: impresses
Subject: A large monitor and quality sound(consider as one thing just like rice and bean)
2) Both the hard disk and the sofware installed on our old computer are damaged.
verb: are
subjectL Both(pronoun)
3)
I do have another set of questions as well.
1) A large monitor and quality sound impresses them.
verb: impresses
Subject: A large monitor and quality sound(consider as one thing just like rice and bean)
2) Both the hard disk and the sofware installed on our old computer are damaged.
verb: are
subjectL Both(pronoun)
3)
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1) A large monitor and quality sound impresses them.
verb: impresses
Subject: A large monitor and quality sound(consider as one thing just like rice and beans)
I don't sense that 'a large monitor and quality sound' is one thing, but if you do, impresses is what you want.
verb: impresses
Subject: A large monitor and quality sound(consider as one thing just like rice and beans)
I don't sense that 'a large monitor and quality sound' is one thing, but if you do, impresses is what you want.
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Yes, you were right. For the question one, when the two subjects are naming one person, or thing, the subject is singular.
For example:
Fish and Chips is a specialty of local restaurants.
Reason: Refers to only one dish
Verb: Is
Subject: Fish and Chips.
The subjects in question one are completely different things. It is referring to a large mon
For example:
Fish and Chips is a specialty of local restaurants.
Reason: Refers to only one dish
Verb: Is
Subject: Fish and Chips.
The subjects in question one are completely different things. It is referring to a large mon
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