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Subject verb agreement
0 Kindly advise whether the subject-verb in the following sentence is ok. 02 br
00 "When a signal reaches the receiving end of a circuit, if the impedance of the cable and the connecting device have a mismatch in impedance, some of the signal is reflected to the source." 02 br
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00 "When a signal reaches the receiving end of a circuit, if the impedance of the cable and the connecting device have a mismatch in impedance, some of the signal is reflected to the source." 02 br
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1 blockquote 00 if the impedance of the cable and the connecting device have 12 blockquote 12 br 02 br 00 The subject-verb agreement sounds OK to me 0-
- 1 blockquote 00 if the impedance of the cable and the connecting device have 12 blockquote 12 br 02 br 00 The subject-verb agreement sounds OK to me 0-
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02 br
00 The subject-verb agreement sounds OK to me 0-
00 if the impedance of the cable and the connecting device have 12 blockquote12 br
02 br
00 The subject-verb agreement sounds OK to me 0-
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0 Before you can check the subject-verb agreement, the sentence has to be corrected. I suggest this way:- 02 br
02 br
00 "If the impedance of the cable and THAT of the connecting device ARE mismatched, some of the signal is reflected(deflected, perhaps?) to the source, when it reaches the receiving end." 0-
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00 "If the impedance of the cable and THAT of the connecting device ARE mismatched, some of the signal is reflected(deflected, perhaps?) to the source, when it reaches the receiving end." 0-
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