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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

subject and verb agreement help please

Hi,

I think the first sentence is correct, but I'm not sure about the second...

1) 'There HAVE been refinements.'

2) 'The badge I wear still means something, the odd individual - or group - still STIR empathy, of a sort.'
(I keep thinking 'stir' should be stirs)

Thanks
  

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Anonymous Hi, I think the first sentence is correct, but I'm not sure about the second... ' (I keep thinking 'stir' should be stirs) Thanks I agree with you. "Individual" requires the singular, and "group" could act as a single unit.

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  • Anonymous Hi, I think the first sentence is correct, but I'm not sure about the second...
  • ' (I keep thinking 'stir' should be stirs) Thanks I agree with you.
  • "Individual" requires the singular, and "group" could act as a single unit.
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AnonymousHi,

I think the first sentence is correct, but I'm not sure about the second...

1) 'There HAVE been refinements.'

2) 'The badge I wear still means something, the odd individual - or group - still STIR empathy, of a sort.'
(I keep thinking 'stir' should be stirs)

Thanks
I agree
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Your first sentence is correct--"refinements" is plural. Your second example really consists of two sentences, but since both concern the same idea they could be written as one sentence--but with a semi-colon rather than a comma (since there is no conjunction).The subject of the second sentence is "individual" which would make the verb "stirs"--the singular subject then agrees with the singlula
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