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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Subject, Predicate, and Predicate nominative quantity agreement
I was writing a sentence and I came across an issue....
"The most common form of writing is logs."
I debated over "writing is logs" verses "writing are logs".
A friend on facebook told me that the verb must agree with the predicate nominative. So he told me to do one of two things...
"forms of writing are logs" OR "form of writings are logs"
I'm not sure if I agree with the 2nd one...
If the sentence is changed to:
"The most common book of secrets are journals."
It doesn't make sense. It should either be...
"The most common form of writing is a log." OR "The most common forms of writing are logs."
Right?!
"The most common form of writing is logs."
I debated over "writing is logs" verses "writing are logs".
A friend on facebook told me that the verb must agree with the predicate nominative. So he told me to do one of two things...
"forms of writing are logs" OR "form of writings are logs"
I'm not sure if I agree with the 2nd one...
If the sentence is changed to:
"The most common book of secrets are journals."
It doesn't make sense. It should either be...
"The most common form of writing is a log." OR "The most common forms of writing are logs."
Right?!
Top answer
Anonymous A friend on facebook told me that the verb must agree with the predicate nominative. Never trust Facebook friends. That is bad advice.
- Anonymous A friend on facebook told me that the verb must agree with the predicate nominative.
- Never trust Facebook friends.
- That is bad advice.
- The verb's first responsibility is to the subject.
- Grammatically, this is correct: The most common form of writing is logs .
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AnonymousA friend on facebook told me that the verb must agree with the predicate nominative.Never trust Facebook friends. That is bad advice. The verb's first responsibility is to the subject.
Grammatically, this is correct: The most common form of writing is logs.
However, it is indeed upsetting to some readers, so the smart thing to d
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